Summary
Prickly, opulent, or slinky? What term might describe your favorite piece in the exhibition Power Dressing: Men's Fashion and Prestige in Africa, which opens Sunday, Dec. 17, at the Museum of International Folk Art?
Is it the porcupine-quill tunic from the people of the Cameroon Grassfields, the gold crown from Ghana's Asante culture, or the colorful (and skimpy) beaded corset from the Dinka people of Sudan?See the full content of this document
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The Isidanga Makes the Man
These are just three of the more than 40 marvelous "fashion statements" from the traditional cultures of Africa that are featured in this show organized by the Newark (N.J.) Museum.
There are garments made of cowrie shells, glass beads, leather, seedpods, elephant tails, copper, feathers, and leopard fur -- a great wealth of fashion culled from more than a century and spannin...See the full content of this document
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