Hardcover
1989 · Los Angeles
by Gittinger, Mattibelle
Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, 1989. Hardcover. VG. shelf-wear to cover edges. light toning to pg edges.. Terracotta cloth boards with tan stamped lettering. 256 pp. BW and some color illustrations. Contents: Flags and half-moons: Tanimbarese textiles in an "engendered" system of valuables / Susan McKinnon -- The bridewealth cloth of Lamalera, Lembata / Ruth Barnes -- Textiles of West Sumba : lively renaissance of an old tradition / Daniell Geirnaert -- Foreign textiles in Sahu culture / Leontine E. Visser -- Batik patterns of the early nineteenth century / Anthony Forge -- Dye process and life sequence : the coloring of textiles in an East Javanese village / Rens Heringa -- Political motives : the batiks of Mohamad Hadi of Solo / Robyn J. and John R. Maxwell -- Batiks in the central Javanese wedding ceremony / Judi Achjadi -- The sacred cloths of the Toraja : unanswered questions / Hetty Nooy-Palm -- A sacred cloth of Rangda : kamben cepuk of Bali and Nusa Penida / Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff -- Ceremonial attire in Nias / Jerome Feldman -- Batak bags in weft twining / Rita Bolland -- A reassessment of the tampan of South Sumatra / Mattiebelle Gittinger.
(Inventory #: 170112)