Women, art and geometry in Southern Africa
Title:
Women, art and geometry in Southern Africa
Author:
Gerdes, Paulus.
ISBN:
9780865436015
9780865436022
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c1998.
Physical Description:
xi, 244 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Sipatsi woven handbags Titja coiled baskets Mat weaving Buhlolo string figures Oku taleka decorated pottery Mafielo grass brooms Nembo tattooing and body painting Ovilame bead ornaments Litema mural decoration Ikghuptu mural decoration Pythagoras a woman? Example of an educational mathematical examination On the Geometry of Pottery Decoration by Yao Women (Nyassa Province) Classification of strip patterns.
Abstract:
"The main objective of the book is to call attention to some mathematical ideas incorporated in the patterns invented by women in Southern Africa. An appreciation of these mathematical traditions may lead to their preservation, revival and development. Use of female art traditional forms has implications in the field of mathematics education."--BOOK JACKET.
Format:
Books
Document ID:
SD_ILS:1474449
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