Five centuries of Indonesian textiles : the Mary Hunt Kahlenberg Collection
Entry/Object ID
NK8880.F58
Description
Since the 1970s Mary Hunt Kahlenberg has been building her collection of exquisite ceremonial garments and sacred textiles from throughout Indonesia's chain of tropical islands. Dating from the past 500 years, they are brought together in this book.
Collection
Carol Westfall Collection
Lexicon
Search Terms
textile fabrics--indonesia
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Ruth Barnes, Mary Hunt Kahlenberg
Publisher
Delmonico Books/Prestel
Place Published
City
Munich, New York, NY
State/Province
Bavaria
Country
Germany
Continent
Europe
Date Published
2010
Call No.
NK8880.F58
ISBN
3791350714, 9783791350714
LCCN
2010927419
Notes
Length: 408
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Close observations and priceless memories / Mary Hunt Kahlenberg -- Introduction : the study of Indonesian textiles : past, present, and future ; Early Indonesian textiles : scientific dating in a wider context / Ruth Barnes -- Introduction to plates -- Sumatra -- Upland tribe, coastal village, and inland court : revised parameters for batik research / Rens Heringa -- Java -- Clothes for the ancestors : on the relationship between technique and meaning of balinese ritual textiles / Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff -- Bali -- Triangle and tree : austronesian themes in the design interpretation of Indonesian textiles / Traude Gavin -- Borneo -- Sulawesi -- Textiles and identity in eastern Indonesia / Roy W. Hamilton -- Nusa Tenggara -- Connections and distinctions : textiles in Maluki Tenggara / Toos van Dijk -- Maluku.
