"Art Of Indonesia" presents the treasures of Indonesia's National Museum to the world, covering a representative selection from prehistoric, classic, Islamic, and colonial periods.
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"Art Of Indonesia" presents the treasures of Indonesia's National Museum to the world, covering a representative selection from prehistoric, classic, Islamic, and colonial periods.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 10x0x12; 1998 Periplus Editions, (Singapore), 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches tallblack buckram cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, orange lettering to front cover and spine, orange endpapers, copiously illustrated with full color photographs and maps, 239 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers, with very minor bumping to the upper tips. Otherwise, a near fine copy-clean, bright and unmarked-in a dust jacket with only slight edgewear and a one-inch closed edge tear to the front cover but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~E~ [5.0P] The Indonesian word 'pusaka' refers to objects especially venerated and handed down generation to generation. This book presents highlights from Indonesia's National Museum's prehistoric, archaeological, and ethnographic collections. Accompanying the photographs are seven absorbing, authoritative essays exploring the importance of 'pusaka' in traditional Indonesian societies. Contents: Indonesia's cultural evolution / by Bambang Sumadio; Prehistory: objects & culture / by D.D. Bintarti; The candi as a cultural pusaka / by R. Soekmono; 3-D art in classical Indonesia / by Edi Sedyawati; Heirlooms of the outer islands / by Wahyono Martowikrido; Pusaka and the palaces of Java / by Suwati Kartiwa with K.R.T. Hardjonagoro; Pusaka in times of change / by Soedarmadji Damais.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Cloth, 32 cm, 239 pp, color photographic illustrations throughout. A very good copy in dust jacket. Jacket shows minor signs of wear.
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