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Iban or Sea Dayak Fabrics and their Patterns
Iban or Sea Dayak Fabrics and their Patterns
Book · 205 pages
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).

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