The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a period of tumultuous social change for the Batak of North Sumatra. That change was registered in their clothing and handwoven textiles. This book examines factors which inspired these people to wear Malay and European styles on a daily basis and to reserve the use of their hip- and shouldercloths for ceremonial occasions.
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"Should interest anthropologists and students of ethnic dress and textiles."--Choice
"Scholars interested in the history of Sumatra will want to see and read this beautiful book."--Antara Kita
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Sandra A. Niessen, Assistant Professor, Department of Clothing and Textiles, University of Alberta.
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JOHN ANDERSON explored the east coast of Sumatra in the early nineteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
supplementary weft, clothing history, clothing tradition, textile type, weaving arts, textile tradition, cast coast, clothing change, centre panel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Toba Batak, Southern Batak, Lake Toba, Karo Batak, Toba Barak, Silindung Valley, John Anderson, Netherlands Indies, North Sumatra, Padang Lawas, Vereinigte Evangelische Mission, Samosir Island, Sitolu Huta, Strait of Malacca, Royal Tropical Institute, Karo Barak, Van Asselt, Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Schweizerisches Museum, Simalungun Batak, Staatliche Museen, Abteilung Sudasien, Richard Woolner, Sitor Situmorang, South-East Asia New!
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JOHN ANDERSON explored the east coast of Sumatra in the early nineteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
supplementary weft, clothing history, clothing tradition, textile type, weaving arts, textile tradition, cast coast, clothing change, centre panel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Toba Batak, Southern Batak, Lake Toba, Karo Batak, Toba Barak, Silindung Valley, John Anderson, Netherlands Indies, North Sumatra, Padang Lawas, Vereinigte Evangelische Mission, Samosir Island, Sitolu Huta, Strait of Malacca, Royal Tropical Institute, Karo Barak, Van Asselt, Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Schweizerisches Museum, Simalungun Batak, Staatliche Museen, Abteilung Sudasien, Richard Woolner, Sitor Situmorang, South-East Asia New!
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- Hanging without a Rope by Mary Margaret Steedly in Back Matter
- Indonesian Trade and Society: Essays in Asian Social and Economic History (Selected Studies on Indonesia, No 1) by J.C. Van Leur in Back Matter
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