THE ELOQUENT DEAD
Subtitle: Ancestral Sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Author: J. FELDMAN
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. UCLA, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery: October 8 to November 24, 1985
Publisher: UCLA Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, 1985. Paperback, 4to, dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm, ISBN 0-930741-04-8
Content: 204 p, 231 ill.. b / w, 15 ill. col., 65 b / w photos, 9 Color photos., 10 drawings, 2 maps, biblio.
Additional information: original edition. Book exhausted become rare and prized for its thematic study on ancient sculpture Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
State of the work: Very good condition
Description
This amply illustrated catalog has become a reference for the “Art of Death” in the ancient sculpture Indonesia and Southeast Asia through: The representation of the ancestors; The ancestral events in the art of Nias; The ancestors and men living among the Batak; the importance of ancestors in the arts of Borneo Dayak; Soul we see: the “Tau Tau” as the shadow of death; The reflection of life in the Toraja tradition; The Korwar Biak; The Paiwan ancêtrales reasons; Magamaog: the ancestor of Charity of Yami; A Toraja house Tondon …
Additional information
| Weight | 1010 g |
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| Dimensions | 21.5 × 28 cm |
