Author: NOOTEBOOM, C.
Title: Quelques techniques de Tissage des Petites Iles de la Sonde. PARIS, P., Discussion et données complementaires à propos de l'ouvrage de M. Jamese Hornell: Watertransport , origins and early evolution. [Original edition].
Description: Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1948. 2 parts in onle. Original printed wrappers. 10; 46pp. captioned monochrome illustrations of traditional weavings (Ikats) from Timor and Sumbawa, 10 captioned monochrome diagrams in text illustrating warping of ikats, footnotes and bibliographic references, french and partly english text. [Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden No. 3]. The first contribution by Nooteboom discusses warp and weft of fabrics from Timor and Sumbawa on primitive looms where the warp is strechedon a frame. The second contribution by Pierre PARIS is a comparative assessment of James Hornell's study on the origin and evolution of watertransport by way of primitive vessels as Prahu and outrigger canoes found in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Good to very good copy. (a little bit dog-eared).

Keywords: ikats warp weft looms prinitive timor sumbawa flores fabrics tradition primitive design schering inslag colonialism indonesia southeastasia watertransport canoes outrigger prahu vlerkprauw ntt