Author: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTOR & ANNE SUMMERFIELD & JOHN SUMMERFIELD & TAUFIK ABDULLAH
Title: Walk in Splendor Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau
Description: Los Angeles: Univ of California Museum Of, 1999. Paperback. ISBN: 0930741730. Textile Series, 4 Series; Color; 9 X 1 X 12 inches; 362 pages; Soft coveris slef flaps. Has black spine with yellow lettering. Light rubbing. Scuffing to covers. NEW books. Pages are clean and tight. Exhibition catalogue. 'Embellished with incredibly sophisticated gold, silver, and silk patterning, the refined ceremonial textiles of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra are often so complicated that even a highly skilled weaver can complete only a few centimeters in a full day at her loom. Motif patterns woven into these exquisite cloths reflect the Minangkabau adat - the indigenous ideology that prescribes roles for all activities and speech. In this lavishly illustrated volume, 13 contributing authors - 9 of them Minangkabau - consider ceremonial dress, motifs, fibers, patterning techniques, traditional architecture, ceremonies, jewelry, music, dance, literature, and historiography. ' Glossary. Oversized/3.5#.. Fine .

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