Five centuries of Indonesian textiles: the Mary Hunt Kahlenberg collection

Contents

Close observations and priceless memories / Mary Hunt Kahlenberg -- Introduction : the study of Indonesian textiles : past, present, and future ; Early Indonesian textiles : scientific dating in a wider context / Ruth Barnes -- Introduction to plates -- Sumatra -- Upland tribe, coastal village, and inland court : revised parameters for batik research / Rens Heringa -- Java -- Clothes for the ancestors : on the relationship between technique and meaning of balinese ritual textiles / Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff -- Bali -- Triangle and tree : austronesian themes in the design interpretation of Indonesian textiles / Traude Gavin -- Borneo -- Sulawesi -- Textiles and identity in eastern Indonesia / Roy W. Hamilton -- Nusa Tenggara -- Connections and distinctions : textiles in Maluki Tenggara / Toos van Dijk -- Maluku.