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Mande Potters and Leatherworkers Art and Heritage in West Africa

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ISBN-10: 1560989505

ISBN-13: 9781560989509

Edition: 2001

Authors: Barbara E. Frank

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Barbara E. Frank explores the complex relationships among the identities of Mande craftspeople, the objects they create and the technologies they use. In so doing the author traces the history and spread of Islam in West Africa.
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Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 8/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 8.13" wide x 10.78" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

DAVID C. CONRAD is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Oswego. He is editor and cotranslator with Soumaila Diakit� of A State of Intrigue: The Epic of Bamana Segu According to Tayiru Banbera. BARBARA E. FRANK is Assistant Professor of Art History at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has worked in Mali and Sierra Leone on Mande leatherworking traditions and with women potters in Mali.DAVID C. CONRAD is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Oswego. He is editor and cotranslator with Soumaila Diakit� of A State of Intrigue: The Epic of Bamana Segu According to Tayiru Banbera. BARBARA E. FRANK is Assistant…    

Preface
A Note On Mande Orthography
More Than Objects
The Place Of Pots
Beyond The Fringe
The Technology Of Mande Pottery
The Technology Of Mande Leatherwork
Mande Potters: Numumusow
Mande Leatherworkers: Garankew And Jeliw
Artistry, Cultural Choices, And Heritage
Notes
Glossary of Mande Pottery and Leatherworking Terms
References
Index