Books of Africa, 1971.
Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
Condition: Good. Some soiling to the coverboards and wear to the bottom edges.
No inscriptions. Text block clean and bright. A nice square copy.
DJ condition: Fair. Soiling, chipping, the edges have been reinforced internally with archival document repair tape.
206 pages. A4
96 Colour plates, 76 line drawings, and 206 pages of text all dealing with the migrations, traditions, customs, and, most of all, the intricately patterned costumes of the tribal peoples of Southern Africa.
Content includes Bushman, Kung, Herero, Karanga, Ndebele, Ovambo, Pedi, Sazi, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu....
Barbara Tyrrell (1912-2015) was painter and illustrator who documented tribal people of South Africa. Her father and grandfather had both occupied posts as interpreters between England and various African tribes, and her exposure to the Zulu world became her main source of inspiration in art. Tyrrell trained at the former University of Natal in the 1930s, and used her education and deep ties with Zulu tribal members to begin to record the disappearing daily life and ceremonial dress of the South African tribe. Tyrells work remains among the most important historical documentation of tribal life in Southern Africa. The book contains illustrations of tribal costumes as well as description of the meaning by tribe of wearing these costumes. Foreword by George G. Campbell, Chancellor of the University of Natal. An essential volume for every Africana library.
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