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Ancestor Culture in Southeast Asia

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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 →