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Ethiopia : traditions of creativity / edited by Raymond A. Silverman.

Contributor(s): Silverman, Raymond Aaron
Language: English Publisher: East Lansing, Mich. : Seattle, Wash. : Michigan State University Museum ; University of Washington Press, 1999.Description: xix, 308p., [16]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24cm.ISBN: 029597740X (pbk)DDC classification: 709/ .63 21
Contents:
Introduction: Traditions of creativity / Raymond A. Silverman; Artifacts as "daily art" in Me'en culture: the life and work of Bogine Shala and Gelta Foroshowa / Jon Abbink; Harari basketry through the eyes of Amina Ismael Sherif / Ahmed Zekaria; Every woman an artist: the milk containers of Elema Boru / Marco Bassi; Zerihun Yetmgeta and Ethiopian world art / Elisabeth Biasio; Menjiye Tabeta - artist and actor: the life and work of a Fuga woodworker / Alula Pankhurst and Worku Nida; Qes Adamu Tesfaw - a priest who paints: painting in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church / Raymond A. Silverman; Jembere and his son Marcos: traditional painting at the end of the twentieth century / Raymond A. Silverman and Girma Fisseha; Silverwork in the highlands: the life and work of Gezahegn Gebre Yohannes and Abib Sa'id / Raymond A. Silverman and Neal W. Sobania; Sorghum surprise: the models of Tolera Tafa / Neal W. Sobania; Tabita Hatuti: biography of a woman potter / Tsehai Berhane-Selassie; Ilto and Arba - two Doko weavers / Mary Ann Zelinsky-Cartledge and Daniel M. Cartledge.
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Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KYEA [SIL-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M43444
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-292) and index.

Introduction: Traditions of creativity / Raymond A. Silverman; Artifacts as "daily art" in Me'en culture: the life and work of Bogine Shala and Gelta Foroshowa / Jon Abbink; Harari basketry through the eyes of Amina Ismael Sherif / Ahmed Zekaria; Every woman an artist: the milk containers of Elema Boru / Marco Bassi; Zerihun Yetmgeta and Ethiopian world art / Elisabeth Biasio; Menjiye Tabeta - artist and actor: the life and work of a Fuga woodworker / Alula Pankhurst and Worku Nida; Qes Adamu Tesfaw - a priest who paints: painting in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church / Raymond A. Silverman; Jembere and his son Marcos: traditional painting at the end of the twentieth century / Raymond A. Silverman and Girma Fisseha; Silverwork in the highlands: the life and work of Gezahegn Gebre Yohannes and Abib Sa'id / Raymond A. Silverman and Neal W. Sobania; Sorghum surprise: the models of Tolera Tafa / Neal W. Sobania; Tabita Hatuti: biography of a woman potter / Tsehai Berhane-Selassie; Ilto and Arba - two Doko weavers / Mary Ann Zelinsky-Cartledge and Daniel M. Cartledge.

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