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Detail of front of wrap - INDONESIAN TEXTILES (hitchcock1p 150/194)

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Hitchcock, Michael. INDONESIAN TEXTILES- Ceremony display and exchange.

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Chin, Lucas & Junaidi Bolhassen (photographs). CULTURAL HERITAGE OF SARAWAK. The cultural achievemnts of the indigenous people. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1980 (pb). Pp: xxvi, 560; 260mm x 240mm; 0.73kg. 159 col b/w, 1 map. Foreword, acknowledgments, bibliography. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (protective covering on wrap - minor wear). Sarawak Museum, Kuching, 1980. (In this book the author describes and interprets as far as possible the different types of cultural material that has been either developed or adopted by the indigenous people) (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, Southeast Asia, Borneo, Kelabit, Iban, Penan, Kenyah, Melanau).
Book Code: K476 SOLD - now out of stock AU$65
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Detail of front of wrap - ISLAND OF BALI by Miguel Covarrubias
Covarrubias, Miguel. ISLAND OF BALI. Balinese life and culture. BNo. 0-19-580279-9. Reissued Edition, 1987 (1937) (pb). Pp: xxvi, 418, xii; 215mm x 135mm; 0.68kg. 5 col, 114 b/w, 93 illus, 1 map. Acknowledgments, introduction, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. (minor wear on wrp). Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1987. (The book presents a bird's eye view of Balinese life and culture which the author considered to be doomed to disappear. Beginning with a picture of Bali, Covarrubias proceeds to describe the geography and nature of the island and then relates to the history of the race) (Keywords: Anthropology, culture, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Bali).
Book Code: Q069 AU$24
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Dawson, Barry & John Gillow. THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF INDONESIA. Predominant types of each island. BNo. 0-500-34132-X. First Edition, 1994. Pp: 192; 255mm x 220mm; 1.18kg. 192 col, 52 b/w & fig, 1 map. Introduction, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Thames and Hudson, London, 1994. (The authors' firsthand research has provided the basis for this detailed eximination of Indonesian vernacular building, which analyses the predominant types of each island, and how they relate to the architectural needs of the present and future) (Keywords: Architecture, Southeast Asia, Sa'dan Toraja, Sulewesi, Karo Batak, Sumatra).
Book Code: K340 AU$48
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Evans, Ivor. AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES IN BORNEO. A description of the lives, habits & customs of the piratical head-hunters of North Borneo with an account of interesting objects of prehistoric antiquity discovered in the island. BNo. 0-19-588974-6. Paperback Edition, 1990 (1922). Pp: xvi, 11 to 318; 195mm x 130mm; 0.40kg. 21 b/w, 1 map. Introduction, appendices A to C, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1990. (The author mainly describes the way of life of the Dusuns, Bajaus and Illanuns of British North Borneo (now Sabah)) (Keywords: Social anthropology, southeast Asia, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia).
Book Code: G138 AU$30
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Detail of front of wrap - ARC OF THE ANCESTORS
Feldman, Jerome. ARC OF THE ANCESTORS. Indonesian Art from the Jerome L. Joss Collection at UCLA. BNo. 0-930741-36-6. First Edition, 1994 (pb). Pp: 96; 275mm x 210mm; 0.50kg. 43 col, 62 b/w, 4 fig. Acknowledgments, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles, 1994. (This book is a catalogue for an exhibition of 69 artefacts from Indonesia at ULCA. The introductory essay, entitled 'Themes and Variations in the Tribal Arts of Insular Southeast Asia' and catalogue entries are provided by the author) (Keywords: Ethnology, Nias, Siberut, Batak, Sumatra, Toraja, Sulawesi, Ifugao, Philippines, Alor, Babar).
Book Code: N036 AU$70
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Detail of front of wrap - THE IBAN OF BORNEO
Freeman, Derek. THE IBAN OF BORNEO. Paperback reprint of "Report on the Iban". BNo. 983-899-106-6. Reprint Edition, 1992 (pb). Pp: xv, 319; 210mm x 140mm; 0.43kg. 1 b/w, 8 fig, 3 maps. Preface, introduction, acknowledgments, glossary, notes, appendix, index. A very good paperback copy. wrp: vg. Abdul Majeed & Co, Kuala Lumpur, 1992. (The photographs of the original report are not included in this paperback reprint publication. The original book had become a landmark in the studies of shifting cultivation and of cognatic kinship organisation of the Iban or Sea Dyaks of Sarawak) (Keywords: Anthropology, agriculture, Southeast Asia, Borneo, Sarawak, Iban).
Book Code: G144 SOLD - now out of stock AU$26
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Geddes, W.R. NINE DAYAK NIGHTS. The Story of a Dayak Folk Hero. BNo. 0-19-582621-3. Reissued Edition, 1987 (1957) (pb). Pp: xxxi, 145; 215mm x 135mm; 0.22kg. 11 b/w(pl), 2 maps. Introduction, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (minor wear). Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1987. (The author presents the Dayaks of Borneo, whom he found to be attractive, affectionate and practical, in the main by means of a legend - the tale of a Dayak folk hero, Kichapi, as told by the village shaman during nine consecutive and festive evenings) (Keywords: legends, mythology, Asia, Borneo, Dayak).
Book Code: K318 SOLD - now out of stock AU$16
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Gittinger, Mattiebelle. SPLENDID SYMBOLS - Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia. BNo. 79-50373. First Edition, 1979 (pb). Pp: 240; 280mm x 230mm; 1.00kg. 184 b/w, 1 map. Foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, appendix, glossary, bibliography. A good paperback copy with illustrated wrapper. Wrp: g. (wear on wrap; minor chip at back). The Textile Museum, Washington D.C., 1979. (The principal aim of the book is to explore the role of textiles in social customs and religion in Indonesia. It is also a catalogue of a comprehensive exhibition of Indonesian textiles) (Keywords: Ethnology, textiles, Asia, Indonesia).
Book Code: N602 AU$45
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Detail of front of wrap - THE MONS OF BURMA AND THAILAND - Volume 1. The Talaings
Halliday, Robert. THE MONS OF BURMA AND THAILAND. Volume 1 - The Talaings. BNo. 974-7534-20-7. New Edition, 2000 (1917) (pb). Pp: xvii, 206, (11); 210mm x 150mm; 0.30kg. 12 b/w. Preface, foreword, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. White Lotus Press, Bangkok, 2000. (This volume is a reprint of Robert Halliday's monograph, 'The Talaings', which was originally published in 1917) (Keywords: Cultural history, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Burma, Talaings).
Book Code: N475 AU$45
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