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Splendid symbols : textiles and tradition in Indonesia

Title
Splendid symbols : textiles and tradition in Indonesia / Mattiebelle Gittinger ; [edited by Nancy Donovan Segal].
Author
Gittinger, Mattiebelle.
Publication
Washington : Textile Museum, 1979.

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Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
Description
240 pages : illustrations, maps (on lining paper); 28 cm
Subject
  • Textile fabrics > Indonesia
  • Clothing and dress > Indonesia
  • Clothing and dress
  • Manners and customs
  • Textile fabrics
  • Clothing and dress > Indonesia
  • Textile fabrics > Indonesia
  • Indonesia > Social life and customs
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [235]-240.
Contents
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Textiles as gifts and items of prestige -- Textiles in their ceremonial and ritual context -- Design as message -- Textiles as costume -- Color plates -- Geographic areas. Sumatra ; Java ; Bali ; Lombok ; Sumbawa ; Sumba ; Flores, Solor, and Lomblen (Lembata) ; Timor ; Roti, Savu, and Ndao ; Southern Moluccas, Kisar, Tanimbar ; Ceram ; Celebes (Sulawesi) ; Sangir and Talaud ; Borneo (Kalimantan).
ISBN
  • 0685965414
  • 9780685965412
LCCN
79050373
OCLC
  • ocm05100926
  • 5100926
  • SCSB-9694485
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library