Gold, Silver & Brass: Jewellery of the Batak in Sumatra, Indonesia Print length: 191 Pages

Print length: 191 Pages

000 large and small islands in the vast sea area of Southeast Asia

Author: Titus M

Curated by Peter Lee

and the Malay world

Gold, Silver & Brass: Jewellery of the Batak in Sumatra, Indonesia Print length: 191 PagesThe first book to examine the rich jewellery traditions of the Batak people in Indonesia is a gorgeous tribute to a vanishing way of life. Batak jewellery is characterized by a wide variety of materials and forms, and has many functions: jewels can be status symbols, badges of rank, attributes of membership into a certain age group, amulets and talismans, or simply ornaments. Men, women, small children, and even babies were once adorned with gold,