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Betel Cutters: From the Samuel Eilenberg Collection

Door H. Brownrigg

Categorie	Indonesië & Nederlands Indië
Boeknummer	#437628-WB36
Titel	Betel Cutters: From the Samuel Eilenberg Collection
Auteur	Brownrigg, H.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Thames and Hudson
Jaar van uitgave	1992
ISBN10	0500973768
ISBN13	9780500973769
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original grey cloth, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations mostly in colour, oblong (circa 23x25cm).
Samenvatting	The stimulant known as betel, prepared from evergreen leaves and parings of the betel-nut, is enormously popular throughout much of Asia and the Pacific. It plays a major role in entertaining, in courtship and marriage, and in the traditional etiquette of the royal courts, where betel sets still form part of the state regalia. Betel cutters, the hinged implements used in the preparation of the substance, were and are items of social prestige, reflecting the wealth and taste of their owner and designed and embellished with the same care lavished on other prestige items such as jewelry and weapons. Free from any iconographic constraints, craftsmen have been able to give rein to their imagination, and the result is an enormous variety of designs ranging from classical forms in the Mughal tr... (Lees verder)adition to others which can be whimsical, erotic or grotesque. This, the first full-length study devoted to betel cutters, catalogues 187 fine examples from the important collection assembled by Professor Samuel Eilenberg over almost forty years.
Pagina's	135
Conditie	Goed — Top spine dust jacket repaired with small piece of tape on outside.
Prijs	€ 15,00

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