Eyes of the Ancestors: The Arts of Island Southeast Asia at the Dallas Museum of

Description: Eyes of the Ancestors by Reimar Schefold, Steven G. Alpert Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Lavish photography and groundbreaking texts unlock the magic of the island cultures of Indonesia, Malaysia, and East Timor through examples of textiles, sculpture, and metalwork from this prestigious collection. Publisher Description "Simply the best book ever published on this subject." -Sir David Attenborough Lavish photography and groundbreaking texts unlock the magic of the island cultures of Indonesia, Malaysia, and East Timor through examples of textiles, sculpture, and metalwork from this prestigious collection. Eyes of the Ancestors takes an in-depth look at the Dallas Museum of Arts 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 this region. Leading cultural anthropologist Reimar Schefold introduces these texts, which investigate various indigenous art forms from a fresh, art history perspective. They describe the contexts, purposes, and aesthetic influences of a range of objects, from intricately woven sacred and ceremonial textiles to carved ancestral 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 birds head, this wooden mask was used in ritual dances. Other spectacular examples from the collection also reflect the beliefs and practices of these island cultures. Author Biography Reimar Schefold is professor emeritus of the anthropology and sociology of Indonesia at Leiden University and the former chairman of the Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies.Steven G. Alpert is an author, consultant and connoisseur of the arts of the island Southeast Asia and Pacific Rim. George Ellis, formerly the President and Director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, is an arts consultant and author. Nico de Jonge is Vice-Director of the University Museum of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and also serves as the Curator of Ethnology.Vernon Kedit was schooled in the weaving traditions of the Saribas region (Sarawak, Borneo) by his grandaunts who, master-weavers themselves, were under the tutelage of the last leading grandmaster-weaver of the Saribas, his great-grandmother Sendit Kedit. Achim Sibeth, formerly the curator of the Southeast Asian collection at the Museum of World Cultures in Frankfurt/Main, is an independent scholar and writer. Roxana Waterson is a social anthropologist, recently retired from a position as Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore Details ISBN 0804851735 ISBN-13 9780804851732 Title Eyes of the Ancestors Author Reimar Schefold, Steven G. Alpert Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 336 Publisher Tuttle Publishing GE_Item_ID:137837133; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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