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Southeast Asian animist art

Ancestor Culture in Southeast Asia

September 28, 2021Heather
Headdress (wutulai), Luang Island, south Moluccas, 19th century or earlier,
gold, 30.5 x 20.3 x 4.5 cm, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, gift of the Christensen Fund. On the island of Luang, gold is worn at ceremonies as a marker of wealth, prestige and power. Noble families control treasuries of splendid jewellery, plates, discs, headdresses and crowns. From Ancestor Culture in Southeast Asia

This month From the Archives looks at an exhibition on the ancestor culture of Southeast Asia, which was the first large exhibition to explore works of art made in Southeast Asia to honour the ancestors and the spirits of nature.… Continue reading →

OCTOBER 2021 Ancestor sculpture Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian animist art, Southeast Asian Art, Southeast Asian jewellery, Southeast Asian Textiles
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