Expanding the canon: telephone wire and tin cans.(Wired: Contemporary Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets)(Africa on the Move: Toys from West Africa)(Book review)

From: African Arts | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Rovine, Victoria L. | Copyright information

Wired: Contemporary Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets David Arment and Marisa Fick-Jordaan with contributions by Karel Nel and Paul Mikula Santa Fe: S/C Editions, 2005. 211 pages, 270 color illustrations. Glossary, list of resources. $50.00, cloth.

Africa on the Move: Toys from West Africa Stefan Eisenhofer, Karin Guggeis, Jacques Froidevaux Stuttgart, Germany: Arnoldsche, 2004. 216 pp., 195 color, 28 b/w illustrations. $75.00, cloth.

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