Indonesian Textiles at the Tropenmuseum

The Tropenmuseum Amsterdam houses about 20,000 textile objects that were collected over a period of 160 years. The majority - 12,000 textiles and weaving tools - were amassed in the Indonesian archipelago while it was a Dutch colony, the former Netherlands East Indies. This study presents the collection and the stories of the makers and users of the fabrics as well as those of the Dutch government, the collectors who brought them to the Netherlands, and the museum employees who studied and exhibited them. The textiles originate from all over the archipelago, from Aceh on Sumatra in the west to Tanimbar in the east. A small part of the collection was made in the Netherlands for artistic or commercial reasons. Indonesian Textiles at the Tropenmuseum is the sixth volume in a series of books that explore the collections of the Tropenmuseum, examining their multiple stories and the history of their display.

Hardcover with dust jacket

Book condition: New

Dust Jacket condition: New

Authors: Itie van Hout, Sonja Wijs

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.5 cm

Print length: 232 Pages

Language: English

Publication date: 2017

Publisher: LM Publishers

ISBN:‎ 9789460223907