Author: Indonesian Cross-Cultural Society, 2009, 496pg. (English). Hardcover
Publisher: Kompas Gramedia, Jakarta.
The editors of this large volume on Indonesian Chinese peranakan present this book as a celebration of the natural way the Chinese Peranakan culture has evolved through interconnectivity with different aspects of Indonesian culture. The book is actually a portrait of how the Chinese culture and various other cultures within Indonesia have blended and created beautiful, diverse and unique culture, that of the Indonesian Chinese Peranakan. The book reveals that the Chinese Peranakan are more cultural and less genetic, Peranakan Kinship and naming practices, Peranakan Literature, Development of Chinese Architecture, Peranakan housewares, Peranakan furniture and functions, the Influence of Chinese ceramics, Peranakan embroidery, clothing, music, theatre, and cuisine.
Author: Michael Hitchcock, 1991, 191pgs. (English). Softcover
Publisher: Periplus Editions, Singapore
This volume constitutes a comprehensive illustrated guide and scholarly survey of both traditional and contemporary Indonesian textile design. The author systematically examines the diverse raw materials employed in textile production, the construction and operation of traditional looms, and the intricate artistry of ikat, batik, and other resist-dyeing techniques. In addition, the text explores decorative weaving practices, embroidery, and related embellishment methods that have evolved across the archipelago. Beyond technical processes, the work situates textiles within their broader cultural and social contexts. It investigates the role of cloth in ceremonial life, everyday dress, and aesthetic expression, while also analyzing the interplay of design, symbolism, and color. By integrating ethnographic insight with visual documentation, the guide underscores the enduring significance of textiles as both utilitarian objects and vehicles of cultural identity in Indonesia.
Author: Itie van Hout, 2017. 231pg. (English)
Publisher: LM Publisher, Volendam, Netherlands
Over 160 years, the Tropenmuseum collected around 20,000 traditional textiles, including 12,000 Indonesian textiles and weaving tools. This study explores the collection's origins and the stories of its makers, users, and the Dutch collectors who brought them to the Netherlands. While most textiles come from the archipelago, a small portion was created in the Netherlands for artistic or commercial reasons.
Author: Mattiebelle Gittinger (editor), 1979. 440pg. (English). Photocopied version.
Publisher: The Textile Museum, Washingtion DC, USA
Papers in the Conference Proceedings: James J. Fox. (Figure Shark and Pattern Crocodile. The Foundations of the textile traditions of Roti and Ndao.) Suwati Kartiwa. (The Social Functions of the Kain. Songket Minangkabau.) Hetty Nooy-Palm. (The role of sacred cloths in the mythology and ritual of the Saadan-Toraja.) Susan Rodgers-Siregar. (Blessing Shawls: The social meaning of the Sipirok Batak Ulos.) Cornelia Vogelsanger. (Sight for the Gods. Social & religious meaning of Iban … cloths.) John Maxwell. T(extiles of the Kapuas Basin, with reference to Maloh beadwork.) Robyn J. Maxwell. (Textile and ethnic configurations in Flores and the Alor archipelago.) Robert J. Holmgren & Anita Spertus. (Tampan Pasisir: Pictorial documents ……) Alit Veldhuizen Djajasoebrata. (Larangan: forbidden Batik patterns from Central Javanese Courts) K.R.T Hardjanagoro. (Batik in the history and Philosophy of Javanese textiles.) Mary Hunt Kahlenberg. (Influence of the European herbal on Indonesian Batik.) Garrett and Bronwen Solyom. (Cosmic Symbolism in Semen and Alas-alasan patterns….) Olga Yogi. (Lurik, a traditional textile in Central Java.) Rita Bolland. (Twill weaving by the Angkola Batak, people of North Sumatra.) Rita Bolland. (Advise to advisors.) Nobuko Kajitani. (Traditional Dyes in Indonesia.) Angela Lakwet. (Identification and Preservation of Dyes.) Joseph Fisher. (The character and study of Indonesian textiles.) Peggy S, Gilfoy. (Textiles in Africa and Indonesia. A Connection?) Mary Elizabeth King. (Possible Indonesian or Southeast Asian influence in New World Textile Industries.)
Author: Gisela Volger & Karin V. Welck, 1991, 293pg. (English). Hardcover
Publisher: Ethnologica, Cologne, Germany
Thiese proceedings are a collection of papers presented at a textile symposium held from September 27 to 30, 1985 entitled “Indonesien Textillien: Wege zu Gӧttern und Ahnen” in Cologne, Germany. The textiles come from the Indonesian Textile collection of the North-Rhein Westfalia Museum.. A supplement by Brigitte Khan Majlis accompanies this volume presenting new textile additions in Krefeld and Cologne. Topic 1: Textiles as Trade Objects and Sacred Cloth Problems of Iconography, Stilistic Connections, Import and Export of Influences Ruth Barnes (Patola in Southern Lembata) Toos van Dijk & Nico de Jonge (Bastas in Babar: Imported Asian Textiles in a South-east Moluccan Culture Danielle Geirnaert -Martin (The Snake’s Skin: Traditional Ikat in Kodi?) Mattiebelle Gittinger (A Comparison od Sumatran Tampan and Certain Tai Textiles) Rens Heringa (Textiles and the Social Fabric on Northeast Java) Rens Heringa (Kapas Lowo – Brown Cotton) Robert Holmgren and Anita E Spertus (Is Geringsing really Balinese?) Peggy R. Sanday & Suwati Kartiwa (Value In and Of Minangkabau Songket) Christiane Kron-Steinhardt (Textile Influences between Mindanao (Southern Philippines) and some Indonesian Islands) Robyn J. Maxwell (The Tree of Life in Indonesian Textiles: Ancient Iconography or Imported Chinoiserie?) Marie-Louise Nabholz Kartaschoff (Preliminary Approach to Cepuk Cloths from South Bali and Nusa Penida) Sandra Niessen (A Tale that 1001 Batak Textiles tell about twelve European Museums: A Collection History) Irs Ramseyer ( Clothing, Ritual and Society in Tenganan Pegeringsingan) Alit Veldhuisen-Djajasoebrata (The Bangun Tulak from Central Java: A Blue and White Cloth as an Impediment against Evil) Chantal Vuldy (Pekalongan as a Center of Batik Trade) Shinobu Yoshimoto ( Sacred Cloth among the Sasaks) Topic 2: Can Neighbouring Fields Contribute to Textile Research? Rita Bolland (You need a Loom to Produce a Textile) Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin (Textiles as the Probable Source of Home Decorations among the Sa’dan Toraja) Irene Hilgers-Hesse (Textiles in Early Malayan-Indonesian Literature) Michael Hitcock (Textiles, Houses and the Biman Division of Labour) Topic 3: Indonesian Textiles in European Collections Heide Leigh Theisen (Indonesian Textiles in the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Viennia) A. Claerhout (Survey of Belgian Museum Textile Collections) Gerd Hopfner (Some Statistical Remarks to the Collection of Indonesian Textiles in the Department of South Asia, Museum furt Volkerkunde Berlin) Christian Pelras (Indonesian Textiles at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris) Michael J. Hitchcock (Indonesian Textiles inMuseums in Britain) Rita Bolland (Dutch Museums and Indonesian Textile Collections) Elisabet Lind (The Indoneisian Textile Collection at the EthnographicalMuseum of Sweden in Stockholm) Marie-Louise Nabholz Kartaschoff (Indoneisan Textiles in Swiss Museum Collections) Supplement: Brigitte Khan Majlis (Recent Contributions to the Indonesian Textile Collection at the German Textile Museum in Krefeld and at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne)
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