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Nini Towok's spinning wheel: cloth and the cycle of life in Kerek, Java

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    Cloth and the cycle of life in Kerek, Java

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Introduction -- Specialization in the hamlets of Kerek -- Dress in Kerek -- The design formats of Kerek cloths -- Land ownership, social class, and textile techniques in Kerek -- The patterning of batik cloth : floral or abstract -- Color in Kerek batiks -- Nini Towok's spinning wheel -- Nini Towok, the cardinal directions, and the cycles of color and life -- The dress of individuals -- Recent changes in Kerek -- Batik in the Tuban Region.

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    Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, c2010

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    • 9780977834426
    • 0977834425

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    Publication accompanied by an exhibition Los Angeles, Fowler Museum at UCLA

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