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Ethiopia : traditions of creativity
Title:
Ethiopia : traditions of creativity
Author:
Silverman, Raymond Aaron.
Publication Information:
Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, [1999]

©1999
Physical Description:
xix, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Traditions of creativity / Artifacts as "daily art" in Meén culture : the life and work of Bogine Shala and Gelta Foroshowa / Harari basketry through the eyes of Amina Ismael Sherif / Every woman an artist : the milk containers of Elema Boru / Zerihun Yetmgeta and Ethiopian world art / Menjiye Tabeta-- artist and actor : the life and work of a Fuga woodworker / Qes Adamu Tesfaw-- a priest who paints : painting in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church / Jembere and his son Marcos : traditional painting at the end of the twentieth century / Silverwork in the highlands : the life and work of Gezahegan Gebre Yohannes and Abib Saíd / Sorghum surprise : the models of Tolera Tafa / Tabita Hatuti : biography of a woman potter / Ilto and Arba-- two Doko weavers
ISBN:
9780295977409
Format :
Book