00933nam a22001937a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040001600080041001300096082003700109100002000146245005000166250002600216260004100242300002200283520041600305700001800721OSt20251215020745.0251211b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789970250370  cGZK Library  aEnglish   2Fountain Edition 2011aHS2011/02  aSekintu, C.M ;   aWall Patterns in Hima Huts and ther meanings   aFountain Edition 2011  aUganda :bFountain Publishers,c2011  a22p., illustrated  aIt was not until Margaret Trowell drew attention to them that the artistic and symbolic importance of the black and white patterns in Bahima huts became clear : That these were a form of writing  just like the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. The patterns were a form of communication about people and their environment. They depicted vegetation, astronomy, architecture, games ,war, beauty and other attributes.  aWachsann, K.P