Cultural History In Focus | “High Status Markers in Low Relief: Carved Doors and Panels of Borneo” by Bernard Sellato

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High Status Markers in Low Relief: Carved Doors and Panels of Borneo

by Bernard Sellato

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This article was originally published in Musée Barbier-Mueller’s annual magazine, Arts & Cultures.

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Painted and Carved House Panel © Asian Civilisations Museum | Singapore — Painted and Carved House Panel
© Asian Civilisations Museum | Singapore

Work Board © Yale University Art Gallery | Connecticut, USA — Work Board
© Yale University Art Gallery | Connecticut, USA

House Door © Sarawak Museum | Malaysia — House Door
© Sarawak Museum | Malaysia

Painted and Carved House Panel © The British Museum | United Kingdom — Painted and Carved House Panel
© The British Museum | United Kingdom

Carved Threshold and Door © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen | The Netherlands — Carved Threshold and Door
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen | The Netherlands

Carved Panel © Werner Forman Archive | Musée Barbier-Mueller | Switzerland — Carved Panel
© Werner Forman Archive | Musée Barbier-Mueller | Switzerland

Carved House Panel © Yale University Art Gallery | Connecticut, USA — Carved House Panel
© Yale University Art Gallery | Connecticut, USA

Carved House Panel © The British Museum | United Kingdom — Carved House Panel
© The British Museum | United Kingdom

© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen | The Netherlands

Bernard Sellato

Bernard Sellato is a geologist (MSc 1973) and anthropologist (PhD 1987), former director (1999-2004) of the Institute of Research on Southeast Asia (IRSEA, now IrASIA) in Marseilles, France, and editor (1999-2008) of the journal Moussons. Social Science Research on Southeast Asia.

He currently is a Senior Researcher (emeritus), Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CNRS, EHESS, INaLCO), PSL Research University, Paris. He published a dozen books, including Hornbill and Dragon. Arts and Cultures of Borneo (1989, 1992), Nomads of the Borneo Rainforest (1989, 1994), and Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest (2012), as well as a large number of articles and book chapters.

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Author | Bernard Sellato
Publication | Musée Barbier-Mueller’s Arts & Cultures
Issue | No2 — 2001
Publication Website | Arts & Cultures