Silk in Indonesia: Its History, Ancient and Current Silk Textiles DOCX

Title	Silk in Indonesia: Its History, Ancient and Current Silk Textiles
Author	Mariah Waworuntu
Pages	20
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Silk in Indonesia: History, Ancient and Current Silk Textilesi Dr. Mariah Waworuntu Abstract Since early times, silk has been a much favorite textile all around the world, this is also the case in Indonesia. Through scrutinizing ancient documents, the paper will trace back the origins of silk in the...

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Silk in Indonesia: History, Ancient and Current Silk Textlesi Dr. Mariah Waworuntu Abstract Since early ties, silk has been a iuch favorite textle all around the world, this is also the case in Indonesia. Through scrutnizing ancient docuients, the paper will trace back the origins of silk in the archipelago, its history and use in society. The paper will present ancient textles found in Indonesia and discuss soie new silk textles iade locally. The paper will close with a secton on the current state and the future of silk in Indonesia. Silk History in Indonesia Current Indonesian people have Austronesian-speaking ancestors who originated in East Asia, who began to move south into the islands of the Philippines by 3500 BCE and later moved to the eastern part of Indonesia and the western islands of the archipelago, where they setled by 2000 BCE. Litle informaton is available on the early trade paterns in Indonesia. History tells us that people from the archipelago began long distance sea trade in prehistoric tmes to Madagascar, however direct trade with China began between 250 – 400 CE. Chinese missions were sent abroad to search for 'rare and precious objects' for the imperial court. A Chinese account of 413 CE informs us that ships were sailing directly from China to Indonesia and back. The commodites exchanged from island south were pearls and tortoise shell, incense and perfumes (Indonesian Heritage, 1996:45, Groeneveldt, 1960:2). The steady growth in maritme trade made a profound impact on Southeast Asia's developing kingdoms. The southeast coast of the island Sumatra became the centre of trade, exploitng routes between the Indian Ocean, the South China Sea and the Spice islands. One of these kingdoms, Srivijaya emerged with its center near the region of Palembang, and became a trading port for Indian, Arab, Persian, Chinese and Javanese traders. Merchandize traded among others were silk, coton, gold, silver, camphor, wood, potery and spices (Indonesian Heritage, 1996:4)). Maritme Silk Road to Indonesia An Indian Muslim trader, wearing what may be a silk coat, a Javanese nobleman and a Chinese merchant. Sketch by Cortemunde a Danish merchant in 1673 (Indonesian Heritage, 1, 1996). 1...