Patterns of life: a gateway to understanding Indonesian textiles. (Abstracts).
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and Heide Heide (hī`də), town (1994 pop. 20,740), Schleswig-Holstein, N central Germany, in the center of the Dithmarschen oil fields. A trade center, it has one of the largest market squares in Germany, with particular emphasis being on cattle trade. Leigh-Theisen. 1997,
Patterns of life: a gateway to understanding Indonesian textiles. IN:
Jill Tilden, et al., First Under Heaven. London: Hali Publications, pp.
44-59.
Both in ritual and in the everyday life of the community, textiles
have always played an important role. The authors discuss a wide range
of imagery characteristics of different social groups all over the
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produced in the 20th century, have small, detailed patterns which bear
information about the cultural context of the object. They contribute to
the formation of identity, and place the wearer within a continuum Continuum (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) can refer to: - Continuum (theory), anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes or "discontinuities"
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time and space. The patterns are not just portrayals of nature and human
beings, but of actual reality. Following an outline of the historical
and religious background of the production of textiles for gift
exchange, the authors focus on textiles from Roti, Sumatra
(Minangkabau), Lampung, Palembang, Bali, Java, East Sumba, Timor,
Sulawesi, and Borneo (Iban, Dayak). Among the key themes are the ship
and the abstracted human figure (Youetta L. de Jager).
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