The first comprehensive illustrated study of the use of amulets around the world and throughout history- Explores not only the substances and symbolism from which amulets derive...more details Format:Paperback Pages:192
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Sheila Paine
ISBN:9780500285107
All over the world, throughout history, amulets have offered protection against negative forces, whether witchcraft, the evil eye, enemies, sickness or accident. Here...more details Format:Paperback Pages:192
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Sheila Paine
ISBN:9780500288580
The art of embroidery has been practiced for thousands of years.In the West, traditions have been at the mercy of trade and fashion, but in other regions embroidery continues to be rooted in ancientbeliefs and superstitions...more details Format:Paperback Pages:240
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Sheila Paine
ISBN:9780500513941
The art of embroidery has been practised for thousands of years. In the West, traditions have been at the mercy of trade and fashion, but in much of the rest of the world...more details Format:Hardback Pages:240
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Sheila Paine
ISBN:9780295986616
Embroidery from Afghanistan is varied, rich, and sumptuous. This book focuses on over thirty pieces and explores the embroidery of different tribes and their geographical regions. Illustrated in full color and in detail...more details Format:Paperback Pages:87
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Sheila Paine
ISBN:9780714127446
In her introduction, the author provides contextual information to bring the pieces to life. She looks at who the embroiderers are, describes their tribal backgrounds and considers the way in which their embroidery fits into their lives. The protective and talismanic roles of embroidery and the tribal variations in stitch...more details Format:Paperback Pages:88
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Sheila Paine
ISBN:9780140253962
Sheila Paine's journey in search of this elusive talismaic triangle had been frustrating. Her new travels begin in an Himalayan valley, take her though the turbulent island of the disintegrating ex-Soviet Union and end on the Greek island of Karpathos in the Dodecanese...more details Format:Paperback Pages:320
Intrigued by an exquisite and mysterious amulet on an antique dress from Kohistan, 'land of mountains' in Pakistan, Sheila Paine began an epic quest that took her from the peaks of the Himalaya to the shores of Greece. In this...more details Format:Paperback Pages:285
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Sheila Paine
ISBN:9781845112448
The quest for a mysterious amulet that had taken Sheila Paine from the Hindu Kush to Bulgaria in "The Afghan Amulet" continues. Starting in the forbidden valley of Palas in Pakistan...more details Format:Paperback Pages:309
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Sheila Paine
ISBN:9781873429877
This third volume of Sheila Paine's odyssey takes her through war-torn Eritrea and Somalia, past the ancient rock churches of Ethiopia and the tiny pyramids of Sudan...more details Format:Paperback Pages:223