Over 200 authentic designs from Dahomey, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya, Ghana, other African nations depict such unusual configurations as stylized lions, birds, fish, alligators, totemic figures, abstracts, geometrics, and zigzags. Adapted from shields, masks, jewelry, textiles, and other sources for royalty-free use by artists, designers, and craftworkers.
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African Designs from Traditional Sources by Geoffrey Williams Linocut prints in crisp blacks and whites reflect traditional work from Zulu, Masai, and dozens of other tribes. Masks, abstract motifs, and much more.
Russian Folk Motifs by Peter Linenthal This treasury of 226 designs, all meticulously rendered from authentic Russian art and artifacts — motifs from Moldovian carpets, Ukrainian Easter eggs, stove tiles, more. Depictions of Matryoshka dolls, ceramic toys, woodcuts of folkloric characters.
