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Art of Indonesia:

Simon, Richard

Art of Indonesia: by Richard Simon - London Tauris Parke books 1993 - 239 pages : illustrations

Includes index
"From the collections of the National Museum of the Republic of Indonesia"

Jacket cover.

This is a collection of essays and illustrations that presents a selection of art treasures from Indonesia's prehistoric, classic, Islamic and colonial periods. The objets d'art featured include the most important elements of the collection of the National Museum of Indonesia. The artefacts have special significance as venerated objects which are handed down from generation to generation, and are known by the Indonesian word pusaka. Among the people of central Java, pusaka are invested with the power to protect, heal, avenge and even to confer the right to rule.

1850437467 9781850437468

282894567


Indonesian art--Prehistory
Performing Arts--Southeast Asia
classical era--Indonesia

709.598 SIM / 1716