Bernhard Gardi
Biographic Data
| ID | 336878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernhard Gardi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernhard |
| FAMILY NAME | Gardi |
| SIGNATURE | GARDI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bernhard Gardi is Curator emeritus of the African Department at the Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland. He has done fieldwork in West Africa since 1971, with a strong focus on textiles, as evidenced by two of his books: Le boubou—c'est chic (2000, 2003) and Woven Beauty: The Art of West African Textiles (2009). |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Arkilla , Kaasa , and Nsaa
Wool from the Massina sheep was used to create a dozen or so kinds of textiles patterned by extra (supplementary) weft and tapestry weave in the Niger Bend region. This constellation makes the region the foremost center of technical and visual diversity in West African treadle-loom weaving traditions. Two major categories of wool textiles can be identified: kaasa and arkilla , both heavy covers of different sizes. Whereas the visual appearance of…
Volume 1
Man Does Not Go Naked
Mali
Zaire
Zaire
Arkilla , Kaasa , and Nsaa
Wool from the Massina sheep was used to create a dozen or so kinds of textiles patterned by extra (supplementary) weft and tapestry weave in the Niger Bend region. This constellation makes the region the foremost center of technical and visual diversity in West African treadle-loom weaving traditions. Two major categories of wool textiles can be identified: kaasa and arkilla , both heavy covers of different sizes. Whereas the visual appearance of…
Mali
Zaire
Zaire
Mali
Man Does Not Go Naked
Volume 1
Arkilla , Kaasa , and Nsaa
Wool from the Massina sheep was used to create a dozen or so kinds of textiles patterned by extra (supplementary) weft and tapestry weave in the Niger Bend region. This constellation makes the region the foremost center of technical and visual diversity in West African treadle-loom weaving traditions. Two major categories of wool textiles can be identified: kaasa and arkilla , both heavy covers of different sizes. Whereas the visual appearance of…
Geography (5 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Art (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African Studies and Geopolitics (1 work) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 work) · Cultural Studies and Postmodernism (1 work)