The eloquent dead : ancestral sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia / edited by Jerome Feldman.

Contributor(s): Feldman, Jerome Allen | University of California. Los Angeles. Museum of Cultural History
Language: English Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1985.Description: 208p. : diagrs., map, photos (some col.) ; 28cm.
Contents:
Contents: Ancestors in the art of Indonesia and Southeast Asia / Jerome Feldman; Ancestral manifestations in the art of Nias Island / Jerome Feldman; Ancestors and living men among the Batak / Elisabeth L. Cameron; The significance of ancestors in the arts of the Dayak of Borneo / Eugenia Sumnik-Dekovich; The soul that is seen: the tau tau as shadow of death, reflection of life in Toraja tradition / Eric Crystal; Korwar of the Biak / Wilhelm G. Solheim II; Ancestor motifs of the Paiwan /Elisabeth L. Cameron; Magamog: benevolent ancestor of the Yami / Elisabeth L. Cameron and Eugenia Sumnik-Dekovich; Catalogue: Lesser Sundas and Moluccas Philippines, Madagascar; Appendix : A Toraja house from Tondon / Eric Crystal.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KXA [FEL-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M22079
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KXA [FEL-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available M13486
Total holds: 0

Published in conjunction with an exhibtion held at the UCLA Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, 8 October 1985 to 24 November 1985.

Bibl.: p. 199-204.

Contents: Ancestors in the art of Indonesia and Southeast Asia / Jerome Feldman; Ancestral manifestations in the art of Nias Island / Jerome Feldman; Ancestors and living men among the Batak / Elisabeth L. Cameron; The significance of ancestors in the arts of the Dayak of Borneo / Eugenia Sumnik-Dekovich; The soul that is seen: the tau tau as shadow of death, reflection of life in Toraja tradition / Eric Crystal; Korwar of the Biak / Wilhelm G. Solheim II; Ancestor motifs of the Paiwan /Elisabeth L. Cameron; Magamog: benevolent ancestor of the Yami / Elisabeth L. Cameron and Eugenia Sumnik-Dekovich; Catalogue: Lesser Sundas and Moluccas Philippines, Madagascar; Appendix : A Toraja house from Tondon / Eric Crystal.