Textiles of Western Timor: Regional Variations in Historical Perspective

Ruth Marie Yeager, Mark Ivan Jacobson

ISBN 10: 9744800011 / ISBN 13: 9789744800015

Published by White Lotus Press, Bangkok, 2002

About this Item

xxiv, 324 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 30 cm. This research report is the first comprehensive study of the varied textile traditions of the people of western Timor. It provides historical, geographical, and cultural background in order to help explain regional variations and the important role of textiles within Timorese society. The chapters are accompanied by nearly 150 black and white photographs of people and textiles, 33 maps, and 26 figures showing comparative motifs by type or location. There are 240 colour photographs of textiles from museums and private collections illustrating the rich variety of cloth woven in western Timor.
Series:
Studies in the material cultures of Southeast Asia, no. 2.

Seller Inventory # 2ldp405

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Textiles of Western Timor: Regional Variations in Historical Perspective
• Publisher: White Lotus Press, Bangkok
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9744800011
• ISBN 13: 9789744800015
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 21W x 29.5H x 2D centimeters 21 centimeters width by 29.5 centimeters height by 2 centimeters depth
• Weight: 0.283 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Southeast Asia
  • Anthropology

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Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive study of the varied textile traditions of the people of western Timor. It provides historical, geographical, and cultural background in order to help explain regional variations and the important role of textiles within Timorese society. The chapters are accompanied by nearly 150 black and white photographs of people and textiles, 33 maps, and 26 figures showing comparative motifs by type or location. There are 240 color photographs of textiles from museums and private collections illustrating the rich variety of cloth woven in western Timor.