Author: BOSER-SARIVAXEVANIS, RENÉE,
Title: Textilhandwerk in West-Afrika. Weberei und Färberei. Führer durch das Museum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerische Museum für Volkskunde, Basel. [Erste Auflage; First edition].
Description: Basel, The Museum, 1972. Medium 8°. Origind wrappers. Illustrated monochrome front wrapper, a Yoruba-Women textile design, covertitle in bold black type. 54pp. Preface, introduction, list of literature and detailed descriptive text to textile objects exhibited and illustrated. Numerous captioned monochrome illustrations on 31pp. at rear end, featuring a variety of Yoruba women woven pieces (Ajour, etc.), figures of primitive looms and traditional motifs and designs on first 10pp. double-page sketch-map of West Africa, colophon, table of contents. German language detailed guide to holdings of the Basle and Swiss Anthropological and Folk-art Museums, being an extraordinary exhibition December `972-April 1973. Illustrating, discussing and describing Yoruba female traditional weavings and traditional desgns, which includes i.a. notes on West African primitive looms. Very fine copy.

Keywords: appliedart weavingart ajourweaving primitivelooms westafrica yoruba females women tradition motifs designs specialexhibition catalogue culture heritage basel basle switzerland holdings textiles