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The Geometry of African Art III. The Smoking Pipes of Begho

In: The Geometric Vein

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  • Donald W. Crowe

    (University of Wisconsin)

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It is not generally known among archeologists that there is a universal, cross-cultural classification scheme for the repeated patterns occurring in such diverse media as textiles, pottery, basketry, wall decoration, and the art of M. C. Escher. In this paper we introduce this scheme by means of a “flowchart” which reduces the analysis of any particular pattern to a sequence of simple questions (mostly answered “yes” or “no”). We then apply it to the analysis of the decorated pipes excavated from the K2 site of the Kramo quarter of Begho (Ghana) in January-March, 1979, under the direction of Professor Merrick Posnansky. In the sequel we refer to this site as Begho K2.

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  • Donald W. Crowe, 1981. "The Geometry of African Art III. The Smoking Pipes of Begho," Springer Books, in: Chandler Davis & Branko Grünbaum & F. A. Sherk (ed.), The Geometric Vein, pages 177-189, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4612-5648-9_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5648-9_11
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