Crowning Achievements: African Arts of Dressing the Head

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  
  Preface               				         6
 
  Acknowledgements      			                 7

  1. Introduction        				         9
     Mary Jo Arnoldi                                   

  2. Focus On Twelve African Hats                               27
     Mary Jo Arnoldi and Christine Mullen kreamer      

  3. Crowning Glories: The Head and Hair                        53
     Mary Jo Arnoldi                                   

     Coiffure  Moderne                                          69  
     A Gallery Of African Hair Styles, 1970 - 1990     

  4. Practical Beauty: Headgear For Daily Wear                  83
     Christine Mullen Kreamer                          

  5. Spectacular Hats For Special 0ccasions                     99
     Christine Mullen Kreamer                            

  6. Wrapping The Head                                         127
     Mary Jo  Arnoldi                                    
 
  7. Yoruba Head  Ties                                         139
     Michael Oladejo Afolayan And Betty Wass             

  8. Lega Hats: Hierarchy And  Status                          147
     Elisabeth L. Cameron                                

  9. Head Dresses and Title Holding Among The Kuba             159
     Patricia Darish and David A. Binkley                

  10. Transatlantic Influences in Headwear                     171
      Christine Mullen Kreamer 

  Notes                                                        181

  Bibliography                                                 185