Gold, Silver & Brass : Jewellery of the Batak in Sumatra, Indonesia, Hardback Book

Gold, Silver & Brass : Jewellery of the Batak in Sumatra, Indonesia Hardback

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The nearly 300 precious works shown here are artifacts of a once-flourishing jewellery tradition.

The 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 characterised by a wide variety of materials and forms, and has many functions: Jewels can be status symbols, badges of rank, attributes of membership of a certain age group, amulets and talismans, or simply ornaments.

Men, women, small children, and even babies were once adorned with gold, silver, brass, bronze, or the gold-and-copper alloy known as suasa.

Today, the Batak wear traditional jewellery only for celebrations like weddings, and these stunning works are rapidly disappearing, being melted down or sold.

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