Les perles, petites masses percées de part en part destinées à être enfilées pour servir en particulier d’ornement, sont une des catégories d’objets les plus fréquemment observées dans les fouilles archéologiques en Afrique. Elles sont aussi présentes dans nombre d’objets perlés actuels ou récents, tels que les colliers, les coiffes, les vêtements, les instruments de danse ou même le mobilier. Employées dans les arts de cour comme dans les formes plus populaires, montées par enfilage simple ou incluses dans des broderies et des tissages, les perles sont omniprésentes dans l’existence d’un Africain, au point d’être considérées comme un des marqueurs d’africanité. Durant la période du commerce triangulaire, elles étaient une des marchandises ...
Beads have played an important role in the personal lives of Africans. They have been valued as cur...
In 1980, a small pot containing 622 carnelian and quartz beads was found accidentally at Ala, in the...
Gold has great power and for centuries it has been seen as a very special status marker for many soc...
Beads are objects of infinite diversity among the Mina-Guen of southern Togo. They accompany the peo...
Glass beads have long played an important role in the art and culture of Cameroon, a country situate...
L’étude des données archéologiques montre un bouleversement majeur au cours du xvie siècle dans les ...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.Bones, teeth, claws and shells. Ostrich e...
A wide variety of glass beads poured into Central East Africa during the second half of the 19th cen...
Drawing primarily on data obtained from recent excavations at Elmina, Ghana, this report examines th...
Glass beads form a large part of archaeological evidence attesting to Indian Ocean trade with easter...
none1noThe study of monetary systems in the history of Africa is a subject that by its nature crosse...
The ancient Kingdom of Kongo originated in Central Africa in the 14th century. In the 15th century, ...
À la fin du xixe siècle, les Luba du Katanga (République Démocratique du Congo) utilisaient des perl...
Beads were probably the first durable ornaments human possessed. Intriguing objects that one must as...
textThe hilltop archaeological site, Bosutswe in Botswana had a nearly a thousand years of continuou...
Beads have played an important role in the personal lives of Africans. They have been valued as cur...
In 1980, a small pot containing 622 carnelian and quartz beads was found accidentally at Ala, in the...
Gold has great power and for centuries it has been seen as a very special status marker for many soc...
Beads are objects of infinite diversity among the Mina-Guen of southern Togo. They accompany the peo...
Glass beads have long played an important role in the art and culture of Cameroon, a country situate...
L’étude des données archéologiques montre un bouleversement majeur au cours du xvie siècle dans les ...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.Bones, teeth, claws and shells. Ostrich e...
A wide variety of glass beads poured into Central East Africa during the second half of the 19th cen...
Drawing primarily on data obtained from recent excavations at Elmina, Ghana, this report examines th...
Glass beads form a large part of archaeological evidence attesting to Indian Ocean trade with easter...
none1noThe study of monetary systems in the history of Africa is a subject that by its nature crosse...
The ancient Kingdom of Kongo originated in Central Africa in the 14th century. In the 15th century, ...
À la fin du xixe siècle, les Luba du Katanga (République Démocratique du Congo) utilisaient des perl...
Beads were probably the first durable ornaments human possessed. Intriguing objects that one must as...
textThe hilltop archaeological site, Bosutswe in Botswana had a nearly a thousand years of continuou...
Beads have played an important role in the personal lives of Africans. They have been valued as cur...
In 1980, a small pot containing 622 carnelian and quartz beads was found accidentally at Ala, in the...
Gold has great power and for centuries it has been seen as a very special status marker for many soc...