The Changing Face of Malaysian Crafts: Identity, Industry, and Ingenuity

By Barbara Leigh

This lavishly illustrated volume shows how items such as metalware, songket, batik, woodcarving, and kites have become part of Malaysia's cultural identity in the twentieth century. Author Barbara Leigh celebrates both the ingenuity of the practicing artisan and the technological advances in Malaysia's craft industry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 983560049X
• ISBN13: 9789835600494
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.9" x 7.6"