Ikat from Timor and Its Outer Islands Insular and Interwoven.

This is the first study to focus on ikat of the Timor region from a technical perspective, including microscopy and design analysis of asymmetry, an understudied subject. Paradoxically this technical perspective highlights the human factor. Focused on the last century of the colonial period, we see...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ten Hoopen, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2022.
Temas:
Ikat > Indonesia > Design.
Textile fabrics > Indonesia > Design.
Indonesia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • preface
  • angles OF INVESTIGATION
  • 1.1 Status quaestionis
  • 1.2 The Austronesian ikat tradition
  • 1.3 The field of study
  • 1.4 Focus on older specimens
  • 1.5 The Reference Set
  • Yarn and weave types
  • 2.1 Fibres under the microscope
  • 2.2 Varieties of plying
  • 2.3 Introduction of machine-made thread
  • 2.4 Weave varieties per region
  • 2.5 Irregular weaves pose questions about motivation
  • distribution of shared motifs
  • 3.1 Emblems of identity and connection
  • 3.2 Motives for adopting 'foreign' motifs
  • 3.3 Whose pattern is it anyway?
  • 3.4 Motifs shared across the region under study
  • 3.4.1 Linked hexagons
  • 3.4.2 The Pictorial Strip, Rimanu
  • 3.4.3 The Human figure, stand-alone
  • 3.4.4 The Double-headed eagle
  • 3.4.5 The Triangle-with-projections
  • 3.4.6 The Eight-pointed star
  • 3.4.7 The 'Breast beam' motif
  • 3.4.8 The Keu motif
  • Asymmetry - in defiance of ikat's technical diktat
  • 4.1 Techniques to achieve asymmetry
  • 4.2 Sought complexity: asymmetry as costly signal
  • Ikat in its social context
  • Conclusion: technical research highlights female talents
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgements
  • CURRICULUM VITAE
  • PrONUNCIATION GUIDE
  • COLOPHON
  • APPENDIX
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Index
  • Lege pagina

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