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BEADS EXHIBITION

 

 

 

KENYAH BEADWORK ARTISTS FROM BELAGA

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BEADS ARE ORNAMENTS BUT BEHIND THIS USE THERE ARE MANY INTERESTING TALES TO KNOW ABOUT BEADS. THERE IS MUCH TO LEARN FOR EXAMPLE ABOUT THE HISTORY ANDD THE ORIGIN OF BEADS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND IN PARTICULAR IN BORNEO, WHERE THE BEADS TRADITION GOES BACK TO THE VERY REMOTE PAST. THE VARIETY OF BEADS, THE MATERIALS FROM WHICH THEY ARE MADE, THEIR VARIOUS COLOURS, AND THE VALUES ATTRIBUTED TO THEM, ALL MAKE UP A FASCINATING FIELD OF STUDY.

THE INDIGENEOUS PEOPLE OF SARAWAK HAVE, SINCE LONG AGO, ASSOCIATED THEMSELVES WITH THE USE OF BEADS FOR ADORNMENT AS WELL AS FOR CULTURAL AND CEREMONIAL PURPOSES. SARAWAK IS PART OF THE BORNEO BEAD-HERITAGE ANND FOREIGN BEAD-COLLECTORS ARE BEGINNING TO CONSIDER THE ISLAND AS SOURCE OF MATERIALS.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BEADS TO DEVELOP AS A HANDICRAFT INDUSTRY. IT MAY WELL BE FASHIONABLE TO WEAR ETHNIC BEADS WITH MODERN OUTFITS.

TO PROMOTE THIS HERITAGE ATELIER HAS ORGANISED THE FOLLOWING:-

3 - 16 JULY 1988

A 2-WEEK BEADS EXHIBITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY SARAWAK MUSEUM AND ATELIER AT THE SARAWAK MUSEUM.

24 FEBRUARY 1989

BEADS EVENING WITH PETER FRANCIS, DIRECTOR FOR BEAD RESEARCH, NEW YEAR.

22 NOVEMBER 1990

ILLUSTRATION TALK ON SARAWAK BEADS BY HEIDI MUNAN AT ATELIER'S PREMISES.