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Nini Towok's spinning wheel : cloth and the cycle of life in Kerek, Java /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heringa, Rens
Corporate Author: Fowler Museum at UCLA
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Fowler Museum at UCLA, [2010]
Subjects:
Textile fabrics > Indonesia > Kerek.
Hand weaving > Indonesia > Kerek.
Clothing and dress > Social aspects > Indonesia > Kerek.
Clothing.
Gender expression.
Kerek (Indonesia) > Social life and customs.
ISBN:9780977834426 (pbk.)
0977834425 (pbk.)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Specialization in the hamlets of Kerek
  • Dress in Kerek
  • The design formats of Kerek cloths
  • Land ownership, social class, and textile techniques in Kerek
  • The patterning of batik cloth : floral or abstract
  • Color in Kerek batiks
  • Nini Towok's spinning wheel
  • Nini Towok, the cardinal directions, and the cycles of color and life
  • The dress of individuals
  • Recent changes in Kerek
  • Batik in the Tuban Region.

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