Author: Judi Achjadi, 2016. Second edition. 300 pg. (English)
Publisher: BAB Publishing Indonesia
The book aims to catalogue float weave techniques, featuring images from provincial museums and private collections. The photographed textiles range from the 19th century to the present, complementing the text, which explores the distant past and includes recent experimental techniques.
Author: Alit Djajasoebrata, 2018. English edition. 191pg. (English)
Publisher: LM Publisher, Volendam, Nederland
Following its 1984 publication, significant additional research was conducted, and much of this is reflected in the English translation. These enhancements strengthen the original ideas and firmly place them within the context of the mid to late 20th century. This book is an essential resource for understanding the critical role of textiles in shaping social relationships across West Java, the Javanese principalities, and East Java. Alit's study powerfully demonstrates how social systems can be effectively analysed through material objects.
Author: Joanna Barrkman, No year. 159pg. (Portuguese, English & Tetun)
Publisher: Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Australia & Directorate of Culture, the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste
Joanna Barrkman is the driving force behind the production of this large book, which is written in three languages. The book is organized into several sections, and from pages 67 to 89, it showcases Timor Leste's textiles. This section features 17 women's tube skirts, accompanied by explanatory texts authored by Barrkman.
Author: Roy W. Hamilton, editor. 1998. 183pg. (English).
Publisher: UCLA, the Fowler Museum of Cultural History
This volume examines the rich and varied cloth traditions of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. It features a wealth of illustrations, both contemporary and historical. The essays provide an in-depth exploration of the textile traditions of the Bagobo, B’laan, Maguindanao, and Maranao. This is an important book for Southeast Asian textile collectors, historians, and enthusiasts.
Author: Harry Truman Simanjuntak et all, 2013. 96pg. (English & Indonesian)
Publisher: Bentara Budaya & Jakarta Textile Museum
His extensive and striking catalogue firmly establishes the origins of human clothing in Indonesia and Oceania. The exhibition, presented simultaneously at the Textile Museum and Bentara Budaya—a prominent cultural center—was expertly curated by a talented team that includes Mr. Simanjuntak, an archaeologist; Dr. Sakamoto, a leading conservator and authority on beaten bark paper; Reimar Sheffold, a renowned Mentawai researcher from Leiden; and Jakarta Textile Museum curators Judi Achjadi and Benny Gratha. This book is an essential resource, thoroughly exploring Fuya from Indonesia and Tapa bark cloth from Oceania. It is enriched with vibrant images of bark cloth, clothing, and the tools utilized for crafting cloth from tree bark.
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