Au Fil des Iles By Gaspard de Marval, George Breguet

Au Fil des Iles
By Gaspard de Marval, George Breguet

An overview of 153 Indonesian objects from the Gediking-Ferrand collection. Of the 153 pieces two-thirds are songket, ikats and batiks; there are also weapons, masks and wayang puppets and objects of daily life from the Dutch Indonesian colonial period. Some of these are either rare or unknown in the abundant literature on the subject, among them the oldest known pieces in Europe and of particular scientific interest. The book has two parts: the first, a general text placing the works in their Indonesian and Swiss contexts; the second, catalogues and illustrates each object.

In French with a summary in English and Dutch
Musée D'Ethnographie, Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, 2008
404 pages, color illustrations
ISBN 2-88078-033-0
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