Just to let you know that, following on from an earlier post from Susan Stem asking whether I could show photos of the Zantu tunic in the Textile Museum Article by Jay Bommer and Deborah Lindsay Garner, I contacted the Textile Museum at the end of June and asked them if the editor of the journal would give me permission to post scans of the photos. About 10 days later I heard from the editor that he had passed on my request to the authors/photographers. Some days passed and I then heard from Jay Bommer asking me to send my request directly to him. This I did and I am very pleased to say that, last Sunday, Jay agreed that I could post the photos. Not only did he say I could post the photos from the article - see
http://www.tribaltextiles.info/Gallerie ... ntu_03.htm - but he asked me whether I would prefer to have the original colour photos. Of course, I said yes and he very kindly sent four immediately - one of the full tunic (see below) and three details. (See rest of post below image)
I have put together a small photogallery of the four photos from which enlargements of each image may be accessed. The details are excellent showing every thread of the weaving. See -
http://www.tribaltextiles.info/Gallerie ... ntu_JB.htm I am very grateful to Jay and Deborah for generously sharing their photos with us.
Jay also confirmed that "Oliver definitely has a Zantu man's tunic, I am very certain of that."
http://www.tribaltextiles.info/Gallerie ... ntu_02.htm
I asked Jay whether he and Deborah had written anything else on these tribal groups. He responded that: "Regarding our writing, as of the moment the Textile Museum Journal is the only place we been published so far but we are just finishing up on a manuscript that we hope to have published soon. It will have expanded information on the Khumi, Khami and Mro plus full documentation and field photos of the Laytu people who live along the Lemro River. The Laytu are the group who produce the red beaded tunics at the end of the Journals article and also who do the facial tattooing." I have asked him to keep us posted on publication of the new article.
Jay has joined this forum via Tribal Spirit which is the name of their website, currently under development.
http://www.tribalspirit.com/ There are half a dozen textiles currently up on the site with nice detail and good photos. Jay is just leaving on a trip but hopes to contribute to our community in due course.
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Pamela
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