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:The collection of scholarly essays "Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths" accompanies an international traveling exhibition of the same title organized by the Fowler Museum at UCLA. For more than two millennia, ironworking has shaped African cultures in the most fundamental ways. "Striking Iron" reveals the history of invention and technical sophistication that led African blacksmiths to transform one of Earth's most basic natural resources into objects of life-changing utility, empowerment, prestige, spiritual potency, and astonishing artistry. The contributions of diverse scholars…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2019University of California Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History · 512 pages · 9780990762669
BlacksmithsArtists, africaIronworkArt, exhibitionsExhibitionsArtist-blacksmithsArt metal-workMetallarbeit