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Gift of the cotton maiden: textiles of Flores and the Solor Islands

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Part 1. Introduction / Roy W. Hamillton : Maps of Indonesia, Flores and the Solor Islands ; Behind the cloth: the history and culture of Flores ; The many roles of weaving and textiles ; Textile technology -- Part 2. Regional surveys : Manggarai Regency / Roy W. Hamilton ; Ngada Regency / Roy W. Hamilton ; Ende Regency / Roy W. Hamilton ; Sikka Regency / E.D. Lewis ; East Flores Regency / Ruth Barnes -- Part 3. Case studies : The curse of the cooked people: weaving in Northeastern Manggarai / Maribeth Erb ; Cloth production and changein a Lio village / Willemijn de Jong ; Vouchsafing fecundity in Eastern Flores: textiles and exchange in the rites of life / Penelope Graham ; Black and red, white and yellow: socio-cosmic ideas in Palu'é textiles / Michael P. Vischer.

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    Los Angeles, Calif: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, ©1994

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    • 0930741374
    • 9780930741389
    • 9780930741372
    • 0930741382

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    Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles.

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