Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia Buku ini berfokus pada komunikasi

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Between the 16th and 19th centuries

presenting each object with impeccable photographs

Valerie Hector

Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia Buku ini berfokus pada komunikasiLocated between the two maritime routes connecing East and West Asia, Sumatra, the fabled Isle of Gold, was for centuries the source for much of the world's pepper. In the southern tip of Sumatra, the peoples of Lampung, or "Pepperland," poured the profits of their trade into ceremonial materials and adornments. The ornate tubular sarongs known as tapis were hand woven from cotton and silk threads, colored with ancestral dye recipes, embellished with