Stevenson, Michael & Graham-Stewart, Michael [edited  by]: South East African Beadwork 1850-1910 From Adornment to Artefact to Art

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Stevenson, Michael & Graham-Stewart, Michael [edited by] : South East African Beadwork 1850-1910 From Adornment to Artefact to Art

ISBN 1874950520

Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2000. ISBN : 1874950520. First Edition. 192 pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Introductory Essay by Sandra Klopper. Landscape format. Red boards with gilt vignette on the front board, gilt titles to spine. Illustrated end-papers. Very good + in Very Good + dust-jacket. Lamination of the dust-jacket lightly rubbed. Label on the front, free end-paper. "Illustrating 260 pieces of beadwork dating from 1850 to 1910, this book firmly places beadwork as an art form to be displayed, not merely an artefact of ethnographic interest. The increasing availability of beads in the 19th century allowed African women to develop their creativity and this study looks at outstanding examples of their art. "

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