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9780295977409

Ethiopia

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  • ISBN13:

    9780295977409

  • ISBN10:

    029597740X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-04-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
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Summary

A wide-ranging study that reveals much about the scope of Ethiopia's artistry

Author Biography

Raymond A. Silverman is associate professor of art history and adjunct curator of African visual culture at Michigan State University

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Bahru Zewde
Acknowledgments xiii
A Note on Orthography xviii
Map of Ethiopia
2(1)
Introduction: Traditions of Creativity
3(44)
Raymond A. Silverman
Artifacts as ``Daily Art'' in Me'en Culture
The Life and Work of Bogine Shala and Gelta Foroshowa
27(20)
Jon Abbink
Harari Basketry through the Eyes of Amina Ismael Sherif
47(42)
Ahmed Zekaria
Every Woman an Artist
The Milk Containers of Elema Boru
65(24)
Marco Bassi
Zerihun Yetmgeta and Ethiopian World Art
89(152)
Elisabeth Biasio
Menjiye Tabeta--Artist and Actor
The Life and Work of a Fuga Woodworker
113(20)
Alula Pankhurst
Worku Nida
Qes Adamu Tesfaw--A Priest Who Paints
Painting in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
133(24)
Raymond A. Silverman
Jembere and His Son Marcos
Traditional Painting at the End of the Twentieth Century
157(26)
Raymond A. Silverman
Girma Fisseha
Silverwork in the Highlands
The Life and Work of Gezahegn Gebre Yohannes and Abib Sa'id
183(18)
Raymond A. Silverman
Neal W. Sobania
Sorghum Surprise
The Models of Tolera Tafa
201(16)
Neal W. Sobania
Tabita Hatuti
Biography of a Woman Potter
217(24)
Tsehai Berhane-Selassie
Ilto and Arba--Two Doko Weavers
241(16)
Mary Ann Zelinsky-Cartledge
Daniel M. Cartledge
Notes 257(26)
Glossary
Grover Hudson 275(8)
References 283(10)
List of Contributors 293(4)
Photo Credits and Museum Accession Numbers 297(4)
Index 301

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