Gold, Silver & Brass: Jewellery of the Batak in Sumatra, Indonesia as testimonies of faith and

as testimonies of faith and power

000 large and small islands in the vast sea area of Southeast Asia

Especially

Publisher: Asian Civilization Museum

and the Malay world

Gold, Silver & Brass: Jewellery of the Batak in Sumatra, Indonesia as testimonies of faith andThe 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 characterized by a wide variety of materials and forms, and has many functions: jewels can be status symbols, badges of rank, attributes of membership into a certain age group, amulets and talismans, or simply ornaments. Men, women, small children, and even babies were once adorned with gold,