TY - BOOK AU - Spring,Christopher TI - African textiles today SN - 9780714115597 AV - NK 8987 . S674 2012 U1 - 746.096 23 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - The British Museum Press KW - Textile fabrics KW - Africa KW - Costume KW - Clothing and dress KW - Symbolic aspects KW - Visual communication KW - Textile fabrics in art KW - Art, African KW - Themes, motives N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; African textiles as historical documents -- Textiles and contemporary African art -- Fabric of a nation : the printed cloth of West Africa -- Kanga, capulana and shweshwe : printed cloth of Eastern and Southern Africa -- Textiles and trade -- Textiles, status and leadership -- Patterns of thought : textiles and systems of belief in North and West Africa -- Textiles and communication -- Through the lens : textiles, art and photography in Africa ER -