The Costumer's Manifesto --- Costumes.org
by Tara Maginnis, Ph.D.
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Yoruba Peoples - Beaded Crown
Beaded Crown
Yoruba Peoples
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African Beads : A Book and Craft Kit

Women's Work : The First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Men of Color : Fashion, History, Fundamentals

Stylenoir : The First How-To Guide to Fashion Written With Black Women in Mind

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The People of Kau
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Nomads of Niger
African Ark: People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
A History of Theatre in Africa

Veil : Modesty, Privacy and Resistance (Dress, Body, Culture Series)

Geoffrey Holder: A Life in Theater, Dance, and Art Salaula: The World of Secondhand Clothing and Zambia

Printed and Dyed Textiles from Africa (Fabric Folios) Crowns : Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats

Click here to see the complete pamphlet Make Up Book for Professionals by F.W. Nack, Chicago, c.1900 showing makeup styles used for the various race, age and sex stereotypes popular on stage at the turn of the last century, including "blackface". You can use images from this page for any school reports you may be doing on the topic.

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This page last edited on 10/08/2007