Cloth As Metaphor: (Re)-Reading the Adinkra Cloth Symbols of the Akan of Ghana
by Arthur, G.F. Kojo
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- 8 x 11.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Wear to edges.
- ISBN 10
- 9988007914
- ISBN 13
- 9789988007911
- Seller
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Lake Isabella, California, United States
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About This Item
Legon: Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 2001. 8 x 11.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Wear to edges.. Hundreds of line drawings. Adinkra cloth symbols are very popular in Ghana where the cloth is used in political and religious rituals, funerals and everyday wear. It is made by hand with the block and screen printing technique. The symbols are also used in wood carving, architecture, jewelry and ceramics. This book views the adinkra cloth symbols as a form of writing. The author is a professor at Marshall University in West Virginia.
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- Bookseller
- Ink and Dye Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS009586I
- Title
- Cloth As Metaphor: (Re)-Reading the Adinkra Cloth Symbols of the Akan of Ghana
- Author
- Arthur, G.F. Kojo
- Illustrator
- Hundreds of line drawings
- Book Condition
- Used - 8 x 11.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Wear to edges.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 9988007914
- ISBN 13
- 9789988007911
- Publisher
- Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- Place of Publication
- Legon
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 187+6 pp.
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