Iban or Sea Dayak Fabrics and their Patterns
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A descriptive catalogue of the Iban (Sea Dayak) textiles of Sarawak held in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. It covers Iban costume, cotton preparation, the tumpoh loom, warp-dyed (ikat-type) patterning, dyes, and weft patterning, embroidery and needle-woven tapestry badges. Specimens are described one by one by garment type (kalambi jackets, bidang petticoats, sirat loin-cloths, bedong girdles, dangdong shawls, pua blankets), with notes on thread counts, colours and named motifs. Later chapters discuss the religious meaning of the designs and possible outside influences, and give a vocabulary of Iban terms and 35 plates of line drawings of motifs (anthropomorphs, animals, birds, plants, objects).
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1936
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 205
- Archive notes
- Copyright not renewed
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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