SPLENDID SYMBOLS. Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia.
Washington, D.C., 1979. 243 pages, 23 full-page color and 161 b/w photographs. Item #620
The role of textiles in the social customs and religions of Indonesia is fully explored in this superb catalogue published for a 1979 exhibition at the Textile Museum. Covering the textiles of fourteen distinct geographic areas, the text examines the unique features and stylistic elements of each area and illustrates the textiles indigenous to it. All of the textiles in the exhibition are illustrated in excellent photographs and are described in this study, one of the most comprehensive ever published on the textiles of Indonesia.
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