Splendid Symbols: Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia (1979)

By: Mattiebelle Gittinger

Splendid symbols: Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia was the first comprehensive study of Indonesian textiles produced in the United States by expert and researcher, Mattiebelle Gittinger. This text embraces a variety of weaving and textile producing communities across the archipelago.

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Washington: The Textile Museum, 1979
Format: 240 pages : illustrations, maps (on lining paper) ; 28 cm
ISBN : 0685965414  9780685965412
OCLC : 05100926

Table of contents

Table of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Textiles as gifts and items of prestige
Textiles in their ceremonial and ritual context
Design as message
Textiles as costume
Color plates
Geographic areas. Sumatra ; Java ; Bali ; Lombok ; Sumbawa ; Sumba ; Flores, Solor, and Lomblen (Lembata) ; Timor ; Roti, Savu, and Ndao ; Southern Moluccas, Kisar, Tanimbar ; Ceram ; Celebes (Sulawesi) ; Sangir and Talaud ; Borneo (Kalimantan).

About the author

About the author

Dr. Mattiebelle S. Gittinger is The Textile Museum’s research associate for Southeast Asian textiles. A leading scholar in the field of Southeast Asian textiles and culture, Dr. Gittinger has curated numerous exhibitions and published extensively.

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Adams, Marie Jeanne. “Splendid Symbols: Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia. By Mattiebelle Gittinger. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1979. 240 Pp. Plates, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography. $15.00.” The Journal of Asian Studies 39, no. 2 (1980): 443–44. doi:10.2307/2054356.

GEIRNAERT-MARTIN, D. C. Bijdragen Tot De Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde 136, no. 2/3 (1980): 378-80. Accessed January 12, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/27863314.

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