Buy this book on-line Munan: Heidi : Sarawak Crafts: Methods, Materials and Motifs. Images of Asia seriesSingapore: Oxford University Press 1988
Hardback, first edition, very good condition, no dust-jacket as published, publisher's original illustrated laminated boards, mapped endpapers, 92 pages, colour and b/w photo illustrations, b/w line drawings---This volume describes the artistic skills of the Sarawak people of Borneo, and the way in which their crafts - carving, metalwork, plaiting and basketry, beadwork and weaving - reflect their environment and beliefs. describes the material culture of those Borneo people within the East Malaysian State of Sarawak.It describes all the major crafts of the region- carving,metalwork, plaiting and basketry, beadwork, and weaving.These crafts incorporate the beliefs of the people,reflect their way of life but also use the simplest of materials from the tropical rain forests which still covers much of the State. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Munan: Heidi : Sarawak Crafts: Methods, Materials and Motifs. Images of Asia series. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, collectables, libri antichi, livres anciens and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |