A Passion for Indonesian Art: The Georg Tillmann Collection at the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam

by J. H. Van Brakel, Koos Van Brakel, David Van Duuren

A walk through the Tillmann collection at the Tropenmuseum, bringing to life the spectacular beauty of Indonesian art, particularly in textiles. The guide describes the collection, provides a sketch of Tillmann's life (who was renowned for his work in tracing the connections between the various peoples of Southeast Asia through textile design motifs), reproduces one of his publications translated from the Dutch, and presents the textiles, sculptures, weaponry, religious objects and artifacts which he collected in spectacular color and black and white photographs. Includes an inventory with notes on the collection items. Lacks an index. Distributed by U. of Washington Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

127 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996