Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-180) and index.
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Rome and India : early Indian cotton textiles from Berenike, Red Sea coast of Egypt / John Peter Wild and Felicity Wild -- Far-flung fabrics -- Indian textiles in ancient maritime trade / Himanshu Prabha Ray -- 'Portuguese' carpets from Khorasan, Persia / Steven Cohen -- Textile as commodity, dress as text : Swahili kanga and women's statements / David Parkin -- The kofia tradition of Zanzibar : the implicit and explicit discourses of men's head-dress in an Indian Ocean society / Zulfikar Hirji -- Ze mañeva aze : looking for patterns in Malagasy cloth / Sarah Fee -- Cosmopolitan tastes and indigenous designs -- virtual cloth in a Javanese candi / Mary-Louise Totton -- Textiles of Jambi (Sumatra) and the Indian Ocean trade / Fiona Kerlogue -- Moving between cultures : textiles as a source of innovation in Kedang, eastern Indonesia / Ruth Barnes.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This is the first dedicated book to concentrate on textiles as a major commodity, and primary indicator of status, wealth and identity in Indian Ocean regions.
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Title
Textiles in Indian Ocean societies.
International Standard Book Number
0415297664
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Textile design-- Indian Ocean Region, Congresses.
Textile fabrics-- Economic aspects-- Indian Ocean Region, Congresses.
Textile fabrics-- Social aspects-- Indian Ocean Region, Congresses.