The secrets of Southeast Asian textiles : myth, status, and the supernatural : the James H W Thompson Foundation Symposium papers
Language: English
Published by James H.W. Thompson Foundation : River Books, Bangkok, 2007
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215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm. Contents: Parallels : form and function in Bhutanese and Southeast Asian textiles / Diana K. Myers Spirit ships and ships of the soul / Gillian Green Rama, rajas abd courtesans : Indian figurative textiles in Indonesia / John Guy Barkcloth skirts from Southwestern Borneo / Roy W. Hamilton Piety and protection : talismanic textiles in Islamic Southeast Asia / Robyn J. Maxwell Shan expressions of power and protection / Susan Conway Hidden threads : structure and status in Chin textiles / Barbara G. Fraser, David W. Fraser Mon ancestral textiles / Piriya Krairiskh Spirit skirts of the Lao-Tai peoples of Laos / Patricia Cheesman From girl to woman : textiles in contemporary Phuthai society / Linda McIntosh Monks' robes in rural Northeast Thailand : relic and memory / Leedom Lefferts Female lower garment or holy manuscript wrapper? The role of women in a Buddhist society / Suriya Smutkupt Royal brocades in a Siamese court / Thiranhand Chandrachareon Religious and status-marking fuctions of textiles among the Tai peoples of Vietnam Notes: "The Foundation organized a textile symposium in August 2005 entitled 'Status, Myth and the Supernatural - Unraveling the Secrets of Southeast Asian Textiles.'"--Foreword. …
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- Title
- The secrets of Southeast Asian textiles : myth, status, and the supernatural : the James H W Thompson Foundation Symposium papers
- Author
- Puranananda, Jane (ed.)
- Publisher
- James H.W. Thompson Foundation : River Books, Bangkok
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9749863380
- ISBN 13
- 9789749863381
- Item weight
- 1,089 grams
- Dimensions
- 21.64 centimeters width by 27.53 centimeters height by 1.96 centimeters depth
- Seller catalogs
- Anthropology, Art, Southeast Asia
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