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AKAN CLOTHS AKAN CULTURAL SYMBOLS PROJECT © G. F. Kojo Arthur and Robert Rowe - 1998-2001 AKAN CLOTH ADINKRA KENTE KENTE MOTIFS WAX & NONWAX PRINTS ASAFO FLAGS AKUNINTAM One of the most obvious features of the material culture of the Akan is cloth. The Akan have used cloth not only for personal adornment , but they have also used it metaphorically as a powerful expressive medium of communication. The Akan cloths include the screen and block-printed adinkra, the hand ...

Palace attire and garments: The costumes of the Sultans Catma kaftan of Mehmet the Conqueror (1444-1481). Satin kaftan of Suleyman II (1687-1691). Silk kaftan of Osman III (1754-1757). Kemha kaftan of Bayezid II (1481-1512). Silk kaftan 16th century. Fur lined kaftan 16th century. Kaftan of Ahmet I (1603-1617). Kaftan of Murat IV (1623-1640). Childhood kaftan of Ahmet I 16th century. Detail of kemha ceremonial of Bayezid II. -------------------------- ...

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In the study of Finnish national costumes, it is important to make the distinction between folk costumes and national costumes, and to realize that the national costume is an outgrowth and a redefinition of the folk costume. Folk costumes were commonly worn by ordinary people whose highly developed skills and innate artistic instincts were manifest in the beauty and quality of their home-loomed clothing. Festive garments were woven from wool with cotton warp. The art of weaving was ...

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Main Page Swahili History Swahili Lessons Swahili Dictionary Swahili Poems Kanga History Kanga Writings Cultural Objects Other Resources The History of Kanga Please read on this page more about the kanga cloth and its history. "The Kanga" and "History of Kanga" sections are copyright © 1984 Jeannette Hanby & David Bygott, from "Kangas - 101 Uses", Kibuyu Partners, kibuyu@yahoo.com. They have been reproduced here with the authors' permission. The rest of the page is b ...

Valley Bridal Dress from the village of Krivogashtani, Prilep region The Valley National Dress of the Prilep region is found in most of the settlements of the Prilep valley, i.e. in the north-east part of the Pelagonia plain. It is similar to the dress in the Bitola valley and forms a complete whole with it, except for certain minor differences in the nuances of color and the embroidery technique. In the Prilep valley dress flame red and blood yellow are the dominant colors, while in the ...

INDEX 1. Embroidery on the lower part of a woman's shift. Kumanovo region. (224kb) 2. Embroidery on the lower part of a woman's shift. Kumanovo region. (71kb) 3. Sleeve from a bridal shift. Kumanovo region. (29kb) 4. Collar and embroidery in front of a bridal shift. Kumanovo region. (45kb) 5. Embroidery on lower part of a bridal shift. Kumanovo region. (36kb) 6. Embroidery on lower part of a woman's shift. Kumanovo region. (56kb) 7. Embroidery on the lower part of a bridal shift. Skop ...

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Plaid Instructions and other Observations on Scottish Reenacting These are some notes I made following a request for information on wearing the plaid on the alt.living.history newsgroup. I have kept them as pre-formatted text because of the ascii diagram. These instructions are from a complete novice having only worn the plaid (or philibegs!) on two days fighting as a highlander for Bonnie Prince Charlie at the battle of Prestonpans last year. That isn’t as bad as it sounds because I ...

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Syrian village women wear an enveloping one piece garment called an ezar. It is a rectangle roughly twice as long as the woman is tall and when draped over the figure it gives the effect of a two piece hooded dress. A sash tied around the waist adjusts the length of the ezar and helps hold it in place. The women who wear this costume may also be veiled. If they do not veil, they arrange the ezar so that it covers their hair and the lower part of the face. Above the waist the garment is ...

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Costumes and textiles in the TSR Museum The Museum has a large collection of folk costumes, embroideries and weavings from the arab/Islamic world. There is a good collection of Palestinian, Syrian and Jordanian costume and embroideries, dating mainly from the late nineteenth century including some that are mid to late twentieth century, providing it can still be classified as national costume. The other areas comprise the Ottoman empire, India, Yemen , Arabia and Iran, Turkoman a ...

Wooden shoes Bekijk deze pagina in het Nederlands Who is wearing wooden shoes? Why are they wearing wooden shoes? How are wooden shoes made? The decoration The history of the wooden shoe To the end of the page Who is wearing wooden shoes? Back to the top of the page Everybody over the whole world thinks that all the people in Holland wear wooden shoes. But that's not right! Only a "few" people in Holland wear wooden shoes, about 5000, maybe more, maybe less, so only a small part o ...

Click on the image above to visit our new resource section Includes a display of early C20th studio photography by A. James from Guinea. Latest update is an exhibit of political prints from francophone Africa. (c) Duncan Clarke, Version 3/08/2006Over the following pages we will be introducing you to some of ...

Fine Wearables by Michael Davis and Carol Freeman "Mushroom gills and luna moth wings wrapped in snake skin, a visual stew so powerful that I could smell it through the glass" Michael Davis It is my intention to make beautiful cloth. Carol Freeman takes the dyed cloth, and with her impeccable sewing and exquisite designs, she constructs very special clothing, pillows, and wall-hangings. In our culture the importance of cloth is usually overlooked. One of my textile te ...