Embellished with incredibly sophisticated gold, silver, and silk patterning, the refined ceremonial textiles of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra are often so complicated that even a highly skilled weaver can complete only a few centimeters in a full day at her loom. Motif patterns woven into these exquisite cloths reflect the Minangkabau adat - the indigenous ideology that prescribes roles for all activities and speech. In this lavishly illustrated volume, 13 contributing authors - 9 of them Minangkabau - consider ceremonial dress, motifs, fibers, patterning techniques, traditional architecture, ceremonies, jewelry, music, dance, literature, and historiography.
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Anne and John Summerfield have curated three exhbitions on Minangkabau textiles.
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This review is from: Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau (UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Textile Series) (Paperback)
This is a coffeetable book about the Minangkabau of West Sumatra. Though the exhibition was about textiles, the book is more comprehensive with articles on history, architecture, food, literature, etc. by leading experts -- including a couple of Minangkabau academics (Usman and Anwar) who died as the book was going to press.The photos are excellent. Production is top-notch. And the price is substantially discounted since there are so many remaindered. The best introduction to the Minangkabau culture.
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