Gold, Silver & Brass: Jewellery of the Batak in Sumatra, Indonesia

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-The nearly 300 precious works shown here are artifacts of a once-flourishing jewelry tradition

The first book to examine the rich jewelry traditions of the Batak people in Indonesia is a gorgeous tribute to a vanishing way of life. Batak jewelry is characterized by a wide variety of materials and forms and has many functions: Jewels can be status symbols, badges of rank, attributes of membership of a certain age group, amulets and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:8874396260

ISBN13:9788874396269

Release Date:February 2019

Publisher:5 Continents Editions

Length:192 Pages

Weight:3.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 10.6" x 12.0"

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