AFRICAN CLOTH

& CARVINGS

Contents

Items to be returned to the Development Education Centre (Hull) by the agreed date

ID no.               Description

ACC-L1          Laminated A3 sheet – Map of Africa

Cloth

A-cloth1            Shirt from Sierra Leone – tie dye with embroidery

A-cloth2            Tie dye top with shells from Sierra Leone

A-cloth3            Large textile from Zimbabwe depicting animals

A-cloth4            Bogolanfini cloth from Mali

A-cloth5            Multi-colour head covering made by FEMNET

A-cloth6            Orange and Green large cloth with Swahili words from Kenya

A-cloth7            Black and White cloth with geometric design, bought at an exhibition in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1993

A-cloth8            Green and dark red Kitenge cloth (wrap) with paisley design from Eastern Africa

A-cloth9            Blue cloth with green dark red and yellow design from Zimbabwe

A-cloth10          Dark red and cream wrap from Eastern Africa

A-cloth-L1         13 Laminated sheets re:  BOGOLAN mud cloths of Mali – from the Reading  International Solidarity Centre (RISC)

A-cloth-L2         10 Laminated sheets depicting a wide variety of cloths and how they are made – from the clarke-edu website

A-cloth-L3         6 Laminated sheets from the http://www.adire.clara.net website with information about Asante Adinkra Cloth, Yoruba Adire Cloth, Bogolanfini Mud Cloth

A-cloth-L4         6 Laminated sheets about Ghana’s KENTE cloth – from the website http://art-smart.ci.manchester.ct.us/fiber-kente/kente.html

A-cloth-L5         3 double sided Laminated sheets from the book:Textiles (Franklin Watts  1998) with activities on: WEAVING, TIE DYE AND RISIST pattern making

A-cloth-L6         8 Laminated sheets depicting African cloth being worn by people across a range of African countries – copied from New Internationalist calendars.

A-cloth-B1         Book:  heart of West Africa

A-cloth-B2         Alaro – Activity pack based on textiles from S-W Nigeria

See the website www.risc.org.uk for Bogolan information and music. 

Also http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/mudcloth/index_flash.html which has an interactive Bogolanfini activity

Carvings

All the carvings in this box are from the KAMBA tribe of KENYA

A-carv 1            Woman carrying a pot of water

A-carv 2            Warrior (shield and spear missing)

A-carv 3            Warrior holding a shield and spear (shield made from cow hide)

A-carv 4            African Woman

A-carv 5            Giraffe decoration

A-carv 6            Man holding gourd of milk

A-carv 7            Masai Warrior holding a shield (made from cow hide) and spear

A-carv 8            Stand decoration (for use with a bowl)

A-carv-L1           Laminated sheet of information about the KAMBA tribe

A-carv-L2           Laminated sheet of information about the KAMBA tribe

A-carv-L3           Laminated sheet featuring Warrior Shields

A-carv-L4           Laminated sheet featuring Warrior Spears

Booklet:  Using Resources

Please keep the DEC (Hull) folder if you wish