Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau

by Anne Summerfield and John Summerfield

Book Overview

Embellished with incredibly sophisticated gold, silver, and silk patterning, the refined ceremonial textiles of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra are often so complicated that even a highly skilled weaver can complete only a few centimeters in a full day at her loom. Motif patterns woven into these exquisite cloths reflect the Minangkabau adat - the indigenous ideology that prescribes roles for all activities and speech. In this illustrated volume,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930741730
• ISBN13: 9780930741730
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.1" x 12.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and comprehensive

This is a coffeetable book about the Minangkabau of West Sumatra. Though the exhibition was about textiles, the book is more comprehensive with articles on history, architecture, food, literature, etc. by leading experts -- including a couple of Minangkabau academics (Usman and Anwar) who died as the book was going to press.The photos are excellent. Production is top-notch. And the price is substantially discounted since there are so many remaindered.The best introduction to the Minangkabau culture.