Wall patterns in Hima huts and their meanings / C.M. Sekintu and K.P. Wachsann.

Main entry:

Sekintu, C. M., author

Title & Author:

Wall patterns in Hima huts and their meanings / C.M. Sekintu and K.P. Wachsann.

Edition:

Fountain edition

Publication:

Kampala : Fountain Publishers, 2011.

Description:

v, 22 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 15 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 22).

Summary:

"It was not until Margaret Trowell drew attention to them that the artistic symbolic importance of the black and white patterns in Bahima huts became clear: That these were a form of writing, just like the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. The patterns were a form of communication about people and their environment. They depicted vegetation, astronomy, architecture, games, war, beauty and other attributes." -- Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9789970250370
997025037X

Subject:

Hima (African people) Dwellings Uganda.
Art, Hima Uganda.
Art bahima Ouganda.
Art, Hima
Kunsthandwerk
Bauornament
Hima
Uganda

Added entries:

Wachsmann, Klaus, 1907-1984, author

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 319448
Call No.: 319448
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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