Plaited arts from the Borneo rainforest / editor, Bernard Sellato ; with contributions by Marieanne Davy Ball [and others] ; reprinted texts by J.C. Swayne, Hendrik Tillema and G.C. Woolley.

Includes bibliographical references (page 510-521) and index.

Art and identity in the plaited arts of Borneo : an introduction / Bernard Sellato -- Fiber and dye plants in two longhouse communities / Hanne Christensen -- Tradtional basketwork techniques in Borneo / Susi Dunsmore -- Body and soul : Bidayuh baskets at Kampong Gayu / Valerie Mashman and Patricia Nayoi. Ceremonial hats of the Bidayuh ; Kendayan baskets of West Borneo -- Iban baskets : their production and functions / Jean-Fran's Bl{u2968}aut --'The Rejang baskets from Sarawak' (1933) / J.C. Swayne. Rejang and related basketry -- Melanau plaitwork for ritual use / Heidi Munan ; with Diana Rose -- Basketry in Sabah : a mirror of its environment / Patricia Regis and Robin Fedilis Lojiwin --'Some notes on Murut basketwork and patterns' (1929) / G.C. Woolley --'Murut basketwork' (1932) / G.C. Woolley.'Dusun' and'Murut' sun hats -- The Lygodium baskets of the Rungus / Hanne Christensen -- The baskets of the Kelabit at Long Peluan and their neighbors / Valerie Mashman. Plaitwork of the Kelabit-Kerayan high plateau -- Rattan and bamboo handicrafts of the Kenyah / Martin Lenjau, Martua T. Sirait, and Bernard Sellato. Kenyah sun hats -- Baskery of the Lumholtz collection in Norway / Arne Martin Klausen -- The basketry of the Kayan Mendalam of West Kalimantan / Mering Ngo. Upper Mahakam sun hats : protection in all circumstances ; The baby carrier : a central Borneo specialty ; The all-purpose drawstring basket ; The Anjat basket : variation on a theme ; The art of lashing -- Cultural and literary aspects of Uut Danum patterned plaiting / Pascal Couderc. The Orang Paser of Pasir : an inventory ; Southwestern baskets / Roy W. Hamilton ; For war or for fun : plaited shields -- Iban sleeping mats of West Sarawak / Heidi Munan ; with Jana Rata Noel. Decorated mats of the Iban and related groups -- Ngaju Dayak plaited iconography and oral epics / Arnoud H. Klokke. Mats of the Ngaju, Ot Danum, and related peoples -- Plaited motifs of the Ngaju Dayak / Arnoud H. Klokke. Lower Melawi mats of West Kalimantan ; The checkered mats of the Kayan and related peoples ; Tidung and Tingalan mats of northeastern Kalimantan ; Mats of the nomadic peoples -- Sarawak Malay mats and bags / Heidi Munan. The seat mat : for jungle travel and for prestige -- Bags, boxes, covers, trays, traps. Animal-shaped plaited containers ; Betel containers ; Decorated food covers : a coastal craft ; The sieve and the winnowing tray / Marieanne Davy Ball ; A typology of winnowing trays and related plaitwork ; Natural fibers and fishing techniques --'Plaiting : a cottage industry in Borneo' (1930) / Hendrik Tillema --'Remarkable basketry from southeast Borneo' (1935) / Hendrik Tillema -- Style, ethnic identity, and meaning in Borneo basketry / Dianne Tillotson -- Appendix : Borneo life and material culture / Bernard Sellato.