cover image: Master weaver from Ghana / Gilbert "Bobbo" Ahiagble & Louise Meyer ; photographs by Nestor Hernandez

Master weaver from Ghana / Gilbert "Bobbo" Ahiagble & Louise Meyer ; photographs by Nestor Hernandez

1998

"Ages 8-12"--back cover. Also available online. Elecresource A contemporary male weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.
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Authors

Ahiagble, Gilbert Bobbo 1944-2012, Meyer, Louise 1942, Hernandez, Nestor

Dates
C1998
Format
32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm
Place Discussed
Ghana
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Ghana
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/9ad50216e021d779f84275ade73bad95