NAGA Textiles: Design, Technique, Meaning and Effect of a Local Craft Tradition in Northeast India
Author: Marion Wettstein
ISBN: 978-3897904194
Price: Rs. 7125.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
The focus of this comprehensive work is the aesthetics and the decryption of the language of the textiles of the Nagas, a group of tribal local cultures in the north-east of India and the north-west of Burma. For more than ten years, anthropologist Marion Wettstein has systematically been drawing the traditional fabrics, and researching their design, production techniques, meaning and contemporary transposition into fashion. More than 60 color pencil drawings and 180 watercolors on the morphology of the textile samples are considered by the author to be not just an artistic translation but in particular visual argumentation. While the work shows how the textile patterns are laden with meaning of a complex system of status and social structure, it also illuminates what is understood by these concepts in the context of the Nagas and to what extent they are also constructs of colonial and scientific intervention.
Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 368 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-3897904194.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Ages 6–10 / Early Readers
- Language & Format
- English • Images in this review
- ISBN Reference
- 978-3897904194
- Publisher
- Arnoldsche
- Pan-India Delivery
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What is this book about?
The focus of this comprehensive work is the aesthetics and the decryption of the language of the textiles of the Nagas, a group of tribal local cultures in the north-east of India and the north-west of Burma. For more than ten years, anthropologist Marion Wettstein has systematically been drawing...
Who should read this book?
Ideal for young readers, parents, and elementary school students looking for an engaging, humor-filled adventure that builds reading confidence and vocabulary.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this book for the way it lets you truly read textiles as a living language. Blending deep anthropological research with stunning visual documentation, it reveals how Naga fabrics encode status, identity, and history. You get more than theory—you see meaning unfold through meticulous drawings and watercolors. As a premium reference, it rewards slow reading and repeated consultation, making it invaluable for scholars, designers, and anyone fascinated by how art, culture, and power intertwine.
- Published by Arnoldsche.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 368.
Catalog Description
The focus of this comprehensive work is the aesthetics and the decryption of the language of the textiles of the Nagas, a group of tribal local cultures in the north-east of India and the north-west of Burma. For more than ten years, anthropologist Marion Wettstein has systematically been drawing the traditional fabrics, and researching their design, production techniques, meaning and contemporary transposition into fashion. More than 60 color pencil drawings and 180 watercolors on the morphology of the textile samples are considered by the author to be not just an artistic translation but in particular visual argumentation. While the work shows how the textile patterns are laden with...
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