Munan: Heidi: Sarawak Crafts: Methods, Materials and Motifs. Images of Asia series. , Singapore: 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. (Book ref. 3053)  £22.00

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