Puranananda jane ed (4 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 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.…

Soft Cover. Condizione: New. First Editiion. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softback.

181 pp.; 220 colour illus., 13 essays, maps, biblio. The James H.W. Thompson Foundation Symposium Papers. Bangkok, 2004. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 017 Indonesia: Textiles - Adornment - Beads - Puppets etc. from SE Asia & Indonesia 023 Textiles.

Near Fine in publishers decorated wrappers. 1st edition, 1st issue. This highly-illustrated book presents the insights of 12 scholars and art historians into the textiles of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Authors include Mattiebelle Gittenger, John Guy, Susan Conway and Gillian Green. Topics cover such diverse subjects as Shan and Thai court dress, Khmer textiles and Cham weaving. ISBN 9748225763.…