Article Title
First Page
3
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
8
Abstract
Little has been published in English about Malay ceremonial textiles. This article relates early-20th-century beaded examples to historical descriptions and court literature to illustrate the link between beaded and bejeweled hangings.
Publisher Information
The Society of Bead Researchers is a non-profit scientific-educational corporation founded in 1981 to foster historical, archaeological, and material cultural research on beads and beadwork of all materials and periods, and to expedite the dissemination of the resultant knowledge. Membership is open to all persons involved in the study of beads, as well as those interested in keeping abreast of current trends in bead research.
Repository Citation
Cheah, Hwei-Fe'n
(2014).
"Historical Descriptions of Malay "Beadwork"."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
26: 3-8. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol26/iss1/4
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