| #1775382 in Books | 5Continents | 2012-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 12.00 x1.00 x10.25l,3.80 | File type: PDF | 168 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Nice book|By joyita|Good information and a nice display of pictures on this book. Some of the pieces displayed are difficult to see in any other books about ethnic jewellery.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Customer|Excellent|0 of 2 people found the following review helpful.|About the Author||Achim Sibeth is a former curator of the Southeast Asian collection at the Museum of World Cultures in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Since April 2010, he has been the curator and chief editor of the Mandala Foundation in Singapore.
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 into a certain age group, amulets and talismans, or simply ornaments. Men, women, small children, and even babies were once adorned with gold, silver, brass, bronze, o...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Gold, Silver & Brass: Jewelry of the Batak in Sumatra, Indonesia | Achim Sibeth.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
