Textiles for this World & Beyond: Southeast Asia--Treasures from Insular Southeast Asia by Mattiebelle Gittinger - 2005-01-25

Scala Books, 2005. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scala Publishers. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

London: Scala Publishers. 136pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. A2 . Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 2005.

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Washington: Textile Museum, 2005. paperback. near fine. Many illustrations. 136 pages, tall thin 4to, pictorial wrappers. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, (2005). A near fine copy.<br/> <br/>

London: Scala Publishers, 2005. Softbound. Fine (museum label inside front cover and bottom outside front cover). Navy card wraps with color illustration of batik. 136 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Catalogue from the exhibition of the same title, held March to September 2005. An exploration of the role that textiles play in Indonesian and Malaysian daily life. Textiles sometimes illustrate the transition that take place at important life ceremonies. Often patterned inlarge geometric form, the textiles used for funerals and other rites and ceremonies to appease the spiritual world are among the most dramatic made in all of insular Southeast Asia. The striking motifs, materials, and patterns of othertextiles communicate class standing or membership in a particular ethnic group. Notes, Map, Glossary, References, Index. Encompassing Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Indonesian and Malaysian societies, it describes how each share a common heritage by their extraordinary sense of the power of cloth:… Read More

Scala Publishers, 2005-01-25. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!