Indonesian Textiles at the Tropenmuseum Art serta membingkainya dalam dinamika budaya

serta membingkainya dalam dinamika budaya dan sosial pada abad ke-19

when it was first realized that the material manifestations of this unique but rapidly changing Chinese sub-culture should be properly preserved and documented for future generations of Singaporeans

and it attracted European merchants

Print length: 284 Pages

Indonesian Textiles at the Tropenmuseum Art serta membingkainya dalam dinamika budayaThe Tropenmuseum Amsterdam houses about 20,000 textile objects that were collected over a period of 160 years. The majority 12,000 textiles and weaving tools were amassed in the Indonesian archipelago while it was a Dutch colony, the former Netherlands East Indies. This study presents the collection and the stories of the makers and users of the fabrics as well as those of the Dutch government, the collectors who brought them to the Netherlands, and