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Author Arnoldi, Mary Jo.

Title Crowning achievements : African arts of dressing the head / Mary Jo Arnoldi and Christine Mullen Kreamer ; with contributions by Michael Oládèjo Afoláyan .. [and others]..

Publication Info. Los Angeles, Calif : Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, [1995]
©1995

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  391.009 A762C    Check Shelf
Description 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Note Exhibition catalog.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191).
Contents Introduction / Mary Jo Arnoldi -- Focus on twelve African hats / Mary Jo Arnoldi and Christine Mullen Kreamer -- Crowning glories : the head and hair / Mary Jo Arnoldi -- Coiffure moderne : a gallery of African hair styles, 1970-1990 -- Practical beauty : headgear for daily wear / Christine Mullen Kreamer -- Spectacular hats for special occasions / Christine Mullen Kreamer -- Wrapping the head / Mary Jo Arnoldi -- Yoruba headties / Michael Oladejo Afolayan and Betty Wass -- Lega hats : hierarchy and status / Elisabeth L. Cameron.
Headdresses and titleholding among the Kuba / Patricia Darish and David A. Binkley -- Transatlantic infuences in headwear / Christine Mullen Kreamer.
Subject Headgear -- Africa -- Exhibitions.
Hairstyles -- Africa -- Exhibitions.
Added Author Kreamer, Christine Mullen.
University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
ISBN 0930741420
0930741439 paperback
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