The Textile Society of America announced that Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles, ed. by Ruth Barnes and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg is the recipient of the R.L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award.
This comprehensive volume highlights Mary Hunt Kahlenberg’s personal collection of over 350 Indonesian ceremonial garments and textiles, which she has assembled over a 30-year period. Kahlenberg, a former Curator of Textiles at LACMA, has been at the forefront of the study of Indonesian textiles. This handsome book chronicles a lifetime of work dedicated to both collecting and research. Kahlenberg has brought together some of the leading Indonesian textile scholars, including Ruth Barnes, Traude Gavin, Roy W. Hamilton, Rens Heringa, Marie-Louise Nabholz-Karatschoff, and Toos Van Dijk to present newfindings.
Further information about the award can be found at the TSA website, http://www.textilesociety.org/awards_shep.htm.