Author:

Eglash, Ron 1958-  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Angola

Date:

1999

Notes:

Illustrations.

Discussion of two indigenous African geometric algorithms that also use iteration to produce scaling designs: the 45-degree angle construction of the Mangbetu and the tusona (lusona) drawings of the Chokwe.

Topic:

Decoration and ornament, Mangbetu  Search this

Tusona  Search this

Mangbetu design  Search this

Geometrical constructions in African art  Search this

Call number:

GN650 .E35 1999X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_683881