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Beschreibung:

Original blind stamped boards, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous colour photographs and some in b/w, Chinese text and captions, 4to. This beautiful volume concentrates on the costumes and accessories of China's minority peoples.It is a stunning photographic journey which opens with a brief survey of the main cultural regions, after which each chapter looks at a particular aspect of adornment eg ear ornaments, waist decoration, headdress etc with concluding sections on tattooing and masks.The majority of the approx 800 high quality photographs, are of minority people in traditional dress and were taken in the field. There are also a few examples of textiles and other items in a museum context. 401p.

Bemerkung:

Angemessen: Seriously foxed on verso dust jacket and on cut, also some foxing inside (mostly in the gebinning end the end.