Powerful Headdresses. Africa-Asia
Five Continents Editions
English Text.
Milano, 2010; clothbound, pp. 200, ill., 140 col. plates, cm 24x28,5.
series: The Ira Brind collection
ISBN: 88-7439-551-5
- EAN13: 9788874395514
Subject: Collections,Essays (Art or Architecture),Jewellery (Jewels, Precious Metals),Photography
Places: Out of Europe
Extra: African Art and Tribal Art,Oriental Art and Culture
Languages:
Weight: 1.62 kg
InPowerful Headdresses, 120 African and Asian headdresses come to life in marvelous reproductions. Made by remarkably skilled craftsmen, each distinctive form of headwear has an opulence and symbolism of its own. Constructed with plant materials such as fibers, seeds, leaves, and flowers, as well as feathers, shells, teeth, and fur, each of these articles was designated for a different member of society. The headdresses were worn by initiates, hunters and warriors, religious dignitaries and healers, rulers and notables, unmarried girls, married women, and young mothers. Some examples also include iron, copper, silver, and gold.Powerful Headdressesillustrates and explains the signifishy;cance of these important cultural symbols, and explains how, as trade increased, knowledge of new techniques and methods of fabrication advanced the decorative beauty of historic headwear.