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Verlag: Elf Aquitaine, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, 1989
ISBN 10: 9798112008ISBN 13: 9789798112003
Anbieter: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, USA
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32 cm; 272 pages. Richly illustrated with photographs. Cloth in dust jacket. Fine. On the arts of Borneo. Photographs by Gilles Perret, Dicky Wp, Gerard Houlbreque. and Bernard Sellato. Text in English and Indonesian.
Verlag: Elf Aquitaine, Jakarta, 1989
ISBN 10: 9798112008ISBN 13: 9789798112003
Anbieter: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Kanada
Buch
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Colour Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Naga dan Burung Enggang ' If you knew the author of these 272 pages in Borneo, you would have referred to him as Suling Dirung. For this bilingual edition, Winarsih Arifin did the translation from the original English text. One line of the title page says Kalimantan Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei giving an idea of the geographic coverage - as do the coloured maps on pp. 06 -07. Images on pages 126 & 127 explain that `women deal with clay and men deal with fire'. LEARN more about : barkcloth jackets, Aoheng tiger, loincloths, sacrifice, slave-raiding, spirit ship, Apo Katan, Ot Danum, and gold fish hooks. Pages 90 and onward are devoted to colour photography (high gloss paper) - providing a marvelous ethnic record. Nany of the artifacts shown are no longer produced. Such is likely the case for the ornate, carved-antler sword hilt shown on the front cover. Cond red boards with gilt lettering. Pictorial end-papers. Black dust wrapper. Volume is clean and crisp and bright in ALL aspects. No names nor marks. Collectible ! !QUote (p. 29) : " Tattoo designs are magical protective devices to ward off evil among the Iban, and probably also the Dusun and Plains Murut, whose designs represent the shamanic cross-belt as a ._._._. . " Size: Folio.