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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 →

Arts of Siam and Burma: Emerald City

May 26, 2021Heather

This exhibition of the arts of Siam and Burma was held at the Asian Art Museum (AAM) in San Francisco and mainly featured the donation from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation of Southeast Asian art. The Southeast Asian Art Collection… Continue reading →

The Raffles Collection in London

September 30, 2019Heather

Shadow puppet of the character Trigangga, son of Lord Hanuman the white monkey from the epic The Ramayana, Cirebon, western Java, late 1700s or early 1800s, hide, horn, fibre, pigment, gold leaf © Trustees of the British Museum

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) spent most of his career as an East India Company official in Southeast Asia. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Java in 1811 and assumed the Lieutenant Governorship of Sumatra in 1818. Raffles is credited as… Continue reading →

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