Malay Woven Textiles
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Malay Woven Textiles: The Beauty of a Classic Art Form is a long study on woven textiles in Nusantara (the Malay world), intended to supplement the work of foreign scholars and earlier commentators. More recently, a number of local studies have appeared, including Norwani Mohd. Nawawi’s Songket Malaysia (1989) and Grace Silvanayagam’s Songket (1990).
The author, too, has published analysis of songket, batik and tekat in her book Reka Bentuk Kraf Tangan Melayu Tradisi (1986). Each of these works is, however, limited to the description of textiles from the Malay Peninsula.
In Malay Woven Textiles: The Beauty of a Classic Art Form, the author is concerned with a variety of forms of textiles and with the Malay world as a whole. The author’s understanding of the term “the Malay world” is not constrained by current political boundaries. Rather, the author seeks to work within an anthropological framework and incorporate the additional data provided by literary texts and ethnography. In the author’s opinion, similarities in form and materials employed are sufficient to create a unified culture area. Koentjara-ningrat suggests that the existence of a related group of cultural traits is the fundamental criterion for the establishment of a culture area or region.
The author, too, has published analysis of songket, batik and tekat in her book Reka Bentuk Kraf Tangan Melayu Tradisi (1986). Each of these works is, however, limited to the description of textiles from the Malay Peninsula.
In Malay Woven Textiles: The Beauty of a Classic Art Form, the author is concerned with a variety of forms of textiles and with the Malay world as a whole. The author’s understanding of the term “the Malay world” is not constrained by current political boundaries. Rather, the author seeks to work within an anthropological framework and incorporate the additional data provided by literary texts and ethnography. In the author’s opinion, similarities in form and materials employed are sufficient to create a unified culture area. Koentjara-ningrat suggests that the existence of a related group of cultural traits is the fundamental criterion for the establishment of a culture area or region.