How to Read African Textiles

$30.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Met Museum publications are perfect gifts for art lovers. By Christine Giuntini and Jenny Peruski Historically, handwoven cloth and clothing made across the African continent have been labor-intensive creations deeply embedded in local and regional value systems. These fabrics, frequently adapted to communal and individual needs, serve to clothe the body, divide architectural space, protect physical and spiritual well-being, and convey wealth and authority. This volume in The Met's acclaimed How to Read…