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Traditions Around The World: Jewellery and Accessories Hachette Children's Group

Traditions Around The World: Jewellery and Accessories By Hachette Children's Group

Traditions Around The World: Jewellery and Accessories by Hachette Children's Group


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Summary

Features jewellery and accessories from all over the world, such as ornate Eastern European bridal crowns and the silver and turquoise worn by the North African Navajo people. This illustrated book shows the many different types of jewellery and accessories and the varying ways in which they are used and made.

Traditions Around The World: Jewellery and Accessories Summary

Traditions Around The World: Jewellery and Accessories by Hachette Children's Group

This beautifully illustrated book features jewellery and accessories from all over the world, such as ornate Eastern European bridal crowns and the silver and turquoise worn by the North African Navajo people. It shows the many different types of jewellery and accessories and the varying ways in which they are used and made - for example, the different uses and meanings of natural materials (stones, feathers and shells) in jewellery. It also includes traditional jewellery and accessories for you to make, such as African anklets and an Indian 'evil eye' amulet.

About Hachette Children's Group

The author, Louise Tyhacott, has a degree in Social Anthropology, and in 1990 won a research scholarship to Hong Kong and southern China. She worked on the 'Macmillan Dictionary of Art', and has lectured and published articles on South-east Asian art and culture. She works at the Royal Pavilion Art Gallery and Museums, Brighton. The consultant, Anthony Shelton, is Keeper of Non-Western Art and Anthropology at the Royal Pavilion Art Gallery and Museums, Brighton, and a Research Fellow in the Department of African and Asian Studies at the University of Sussex.

Additional information

GOR001302009
9780750245265
0750245263
Traditions Around The World: Jewellery and Accessories by Hachette Children's Group
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hachette Children's Group
2003-09-18
48
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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