Bäh tjawardi (English: “Cloisonné (inlaid enamel)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Acehnese technique of inlaying with differently colored enamels, a kind of cloisonné; also not mastered by Chinese smiths.
Translation
Cloisonné (inlaid enamel)
Description
Acehnese technique of inlaying with differently colored enamels, a kind of cloisonné; also not mastered by Chinese smiths.
Significance
The term Bäh tjawardi is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. —.