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... African textiles and costume communicate important religious, historical and social information about the cultures to which they belong. ...
African textiles, as African masks, figures, pottery, and body ornaments and painting are all expressions of the rich African cultural heritage. ... Picasso, influenced by African art was capable to break the western figure and start a revolution in western art. ...
The earliest African looms of which any knowledge survives are those recorded in the wall paintings of ancient Egyptian tombs. The fine flax fibres of early Egyptian textiles seem to have been woven on very basic ground looms, possible without using any heddle device at all.
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