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Eyes of the Ancestors

Eyes of the Ancestors

The Arts of Island Southeast Asia at the Dallas Museum of Art

by Roxana WatersonVernon Kedit Steven G. Alpert and others
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/07/2013

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Eyes of the Ancestors takes an in-depth look at the Dallas Museum of Art's world-renowned collection of artworks from Island Southeast Asia. Beautiful photography and essays by distinguished international scholars unlock the magic of the island cultures of Indonesia, Sarawak, and East Timor. Leading anthropologist Reimar Schefold introduces these texts, which investigate various indigenous art forms from a fresh art-historical perspective. They describe the contexts, purposes, and aesthetic influences of a range of objects, from intricately woven sacred and ceremonial textiles to carved ancestor figures. Also featured are gold and metalwork designs as well as weaponry and jewelry, most dating back more than a hundred years. A 19th-century mouth mask in the collection, from the Leti Islands, is one of only our known to be in existence. Carved in the shape of a bird's head, this wooden mask was used in ritual dances. Other spectacular examples from the collection likewise reflect the beliefs and practices of these island peoples.
ISBN:
9780300184952
9780300184952
Category:
Oriental art
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-07-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
264
Dimensions (mm):
305x229x33mm
Weight:
2.29kg
Achim Sibeth

Achim Sibeth is a former curator of the Southeast Asian collection at the Museum of World Cultures in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Since April 2010, he has been the curator and chief editor of the Mandala Foundation in Singapore.

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