19032

Accession Number

15409

Author

West, A.

Title Of Article Chaper

Iban ikat textiles - the collection in Merseyside County Museum, Liverpool

Title Of Journal Book

Textile history

Volume

15

Issue

2

Pages

219-233

Collation

33 refs.

Literature Type

Serial

Literature Level

Analytic

Abstract

The production, use, and study of ikat textiles from the Iban of Borneo are discussed. Topics include collectors of Sarawak culture, Western studies of the Iban, the manufacture and social context of the textiles, and the analysis of their most prominent feature, the dyed patterns. Examples from the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool, are used for illustration. -- AATA

Keywords

Ethnography collection;Textile, ikat;Iban;Borneo; Textile technology AATA

pub_id

19032