Search Results: Titles starting with R from Ethnographic Art Books - Leiden - The Netherlands

96 pp.; 5 maps, biblio.. 6 essays on the first expeditions to Dutch New Guinea, illus. with 55 (early) photographs. Exh. cat. Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, 2001. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 019 New Guinea/Melanesia 100 Fotografie

200 pp.; 145 illus., mostly in colour, biblio.. Text: German. Exh. cat. Museum de Kulturen, Basel, 2009. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 009 Africa: Textiles - Adornment - Beads etc 023 Textiles

64 pp.; 42 illus., 12 in colour, biblio.. New York, 2000. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 035 Zuid Amerika/Incas/Chimu/Moche etc.

163 pp.; 127 illus., including many c.100 years old 'Korwar' and 'Mon' figures, mostly published in colour, 9 maps, bibliography. Leiden, 2017. Cloth. During the past 100 years the traditional ritual art related to ancestor cults, spirit beliefs and headhunting has withered in the sparsely populated Raja Ampat archipelago. Setting out to establish an inventory of the 'Mon' spirit figures, 'Korwars' and secret priests' drawings, this book delves into the exploits of naturalists, explorers, colonial administrators and, in particular, missionaries since the beginning of the 19th century. The social and cosmological background of the spirit and ancestor figurines from the archipelago is discussed extensively, with a wealth of fascinating details and new insights. In the process it is shown how the demise and the exodus of the traditional art resulted from complex interactions between indigenous agency, conversion, cargo cult activity, modernization and, last but not… Read More

320 pp.; c.500 colour plates. Text: Dutch. (Transl. from French). Zutphen, 2003. Hbk. With a short text of a previous owner written on the first page. KEYWORDS: 056 India/ Sri Lanka - algemeen

320 pp.; 219 b/w illus. of objects in the catalogue part, 173 colour text illus., biblio.. Text in German. Exh. cat. Linden Museum, Stuttgart, 1995. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 056 India/ Sri Lanka - algemeen

Textband: 333 pp.; Tafelband: 230 b/w illus., index, biblio.. Text: German. Series: Der Indische Kulturkreis in Einzeldarstellungen. München 1925. Cloth. KEYWORDS: 016 Indonesia: Indo Java

168 pp.; 58 objects illus., map, biblio.. London, 2019. Hbk. KEYWORDS: 001 General & Miscellaneous

208 pp.; 246 b/w illus., 16 colour plates, maps, biblio.. Exh. cat. University Museum, Philadelphia, 1986. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 032 Arctische Gebieden

165 pp.; 231 illus., bibliography. Springfield: Museum of Fine Arts, 1968. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 026 Japan - Prints/Surimono/Paintings/Calligraphy etc.

30 pp.; 35 b/w illus., biblio.. New York: The Museum Primitive Art, 1960. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 001 General & Miscellaneous

401 pp.; 847 colour illus., maps, index, glossary, bibliography. Chicago, 2003. Hbk. KEYWORDS: 025 Japan - Netsuke - Inro - Lacquer etc.

343 pp.; 300 illus., mostly in colour, maps, index, glossary, biblio.. 9 essays. Exh. cat. Musée Dapper on containers in African art. Paris, 1997. Cloth. KEYWORDS: 004 Africa: General Art & Reference books

432 pp.; 294 colour illus., index, bibliography. Exh. catalogue Museum Rietberg, Zürich. Leiden/Boston, 2008. Hbk. This full-colour catalogue illustrates and describes some 300 surimono (privately published deluxe Japanese prints) belonging to the Museum of Design Zurich, which were recently placed on long-term loan to the Museum Rietberg Zurich. Originally bequeathed to the Museum of Design by the Swiss collector Marino Lusy (1880-1954), the collection includes many rare and previously unpublished prints. KEYWORDS: 026 Japan - Prints/Surimono/Paintings/Calligraphy etc.

351 pp.; 375 illus., 77 in colour, glossary, index, biblio.. New York, 1994. Cloth. KEYWORDS: 053 India - miniaturen/ schilderingen

351 pp.; 375 illus., 77 in colour, glossary, index, biblio.. New York, 1994. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 053 India - miniaturen/ schilderingen

220 pp.; illus.. N.p. 1993. Pbk. Cover slightly worn. KEYWORDS: 078 Zuidoost Azië - Buddhisme/ Hinduisme/ Sculptuur/ Angkor

317 pp.. Biblio.. Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. No. 73. 's-Gravenhage, 1975. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 015 Indonesia: Java & Bali

318 pp.; 300 b/w and colour illus., index, maps, biblio.. Boulogne, 1987. Cloth, in slipcase. KEYWORDS: 004 Africa: General Art & Reference books

326 pp.; 80 photographs, 500 line drawings, index, biblio.. Seattle, 2000. Cloth. KEYWORDS: 074 China - rest