Author: Michael C. Howard
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-08-03
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1476663327
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Việt Nam is the home of more than fifty ethnic minorities--such as the Cham and Thai--many of which have distinctive clothing and weaving traditions linked to antiquity. The tight-fitting tunic called ao dai, widely recognized as a national symbol, has its roots in the country's 2,000-year history of textiles. Beginning with silk production in the Bronze Age cultures of the Red River, this book covers textiles in Việt Nam--including bark-cloth, kapok and hemp--through the centuries of Chinese rule in the north, a number of independent feudal societies and the brief period of French colonial rule.
Author: Chu Thái Son
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9789744800909
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In addition to providing a great deal of new information on the textiles of the Ede and Mnong, two of the most important ethnic groups in the Central Highlands, it also discusses baskets and architectural decoration. These and other peoples in the Central highlands have a very rich traditional material culture that has been neglected in the Southeast Asian literature to a great extent.
Author: Michael C. Howard
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-08-01
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1476624402
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Việt Nam is the home of more than fifty ethnic minorities--such as the Cham and Thai--many of which have distinctive clothing and weaving traditions linked to antiquity. The tight-fitting tunic called ao dai, widely recognized as a national symbol, has its roots in the country's 2,000-year history of textiles. Beginning with silk production in the Bronze Age cultures of the Red River, this book covers textiles in Việt Nam--including bark-cloth, kapok and hemp--through the centuries of Chinese rule in the north, a number of independent feudal societies and the brief period of French colonial rule.
Author: Siti Norkhalbi Haji Wahsalfelah
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Textiles and Identity in Brunei Darussalam examines the role of traditional textiles played in modern Brunei Darussalam. Hand-woven textiles are an important part of Brunei traditional culture. This book examines the types of textiles and the roles that they have played in different situations, such as serving as signifiers of social status, wealth, and political prominence. The study focuses on how locally woven textiles have been used to express and construct identity, especially Brunei Malay identity and Brunei national identity.
Author: Michael C. Howard
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first comprehensive survey of Southeast Asian bark-cloth. Followed by chapters discussing the archaeological evidence of bark-cloth in the region and in the collection of the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde in Leiden. Further chapters deal with bark-cloth in Vietnam, Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Kalimantan and Papua.