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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1984. Cloth, 304 pages, illustrations (some colour); 37 cm. Firm binding, unmarked. Light handling soil, age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. A panorama of jewelry, dress, body decoration and hairstyle. CONTENTS: Introduction; East Africa-The Body as Art; Equatoria-Treasures and Trade; Old Africa-Pockets of Ancient Tradition; The Savannah-Crossroads of Style; The Sahara-Dictates of the Desert; The Maghreb-A Natural Flamboyance; The Horn-Links with the East; Bibliography; Credits to Photographers and Collections; Index.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.
Africa Adorned by Fisher, Angela - 1987
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EB: Harry N. Abrams. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1984. 304 pgs. Maps. Illustrated with Color Plates. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in cloth boards with gilt titles present. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (water damage present to boards). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A documentation of the incredible panoply of African jewelry and body adornment, surveying every major tribal style, every material used and discusses the religious and cultural significance of African ornament. Angela Fisher sought out traditional forms and styles of jewelry and body adornment. The metal crafting, artistic modes and affectations of traditional piercings are stunning. The more extreme examples of African body art are already missing: cutting and/or scarring, limb binding (neck/arms/legs) and lip stretching which are now lost arts. EB; 1.08 x 14.3 x 10.64 Inches; 304 pages .
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984. 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 304pp.incl.index; HB brwn.w/gilt; lt.wear,tp.edge; lt.sun,bttm.spine; clean,tight pgs. DJ brwn.&blk.w/white-photo cover; slight rub. "A Panorama of Jewelry, Dress, Body Decoration, and Hairstyle" 457 illus., 414 in full color.
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NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1991. Hardcover. VG+/VG (very light shelfwear to dust jacket. Pages are very crisp and clean.). Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Color pictorial dust jacket; black spine with white lettering. 304 pp. 457 plates, 414 in color. Reprinted from 1984 original. "First fascinated by its pure beauty, Angela Fisher has examined African adornment for over seven years, initially as a traveler and then increasingly as a close student of jewelry and body decoration. Traveling from the Sahara to Cape Horn, she has lived among peoples of diverse culture, studying and photographing not only what they wear but what meaning the objects and decorative forms have in their daily lives." -- dj flap Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-301) and index.
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