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Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamFebruary 24, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Ganesha: Lord of New Beginnings at The Met Fifth Avenue

Ganesha: Lord of New Beginnings at The Met Fifth Avenue

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamFebruary 23, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Ikat: A World of Compelling Cloth at the Seattle Art Museum

Ikat: A World of Compelling Cloth at the Seattle Art Museum

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamFebruary 22, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Prayer and Transcendence at the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Prayer and Transcendence at the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamFebruary 20, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Indonesian Treasures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Indonesian Treasures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Resource Spotlight | “Borneo at Heart: A Tribute to Bernard Sellato, Argonaut of the Tropical Rainforest” by Pierre Le Roux, Alexander Adelaar, Bernard Moizo

Resource Spotlight | “Borneo at Heart: A Tribute to Bernard Sellato, Argonaut of the Tropical Rainforest” by Pierre Le Roux, Alexander Adelaar, Bernard Moizo

Book FeaturesEditorial TeamJanuary 27, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold, Eric Moltzau Anderson

China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail at the Cleveland Museum of Art

China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail at the Cleveland Museum of Art

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamJanuary 26, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Cultural History In Focus | “Warfare, Pacification, and Environment: Population Dynamics in the West Borneo Borderlands (1823‑1934)” by Reed L. Wadley

Cultural History In Focus | “Warfare, Pacification, and Environment: Population Dynamics in the West Borneo Borderlands (1823‑1934)” by Reed L. Wadley

Cultural History In FocusReed L. WadleyJanuary 24, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold, Niels Beckers

The Five Directions: Lacquer Through East Asia at LACMA

The Five Directions: Lacquer Through East Asia at LACMA

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamJanuary 23, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold, LACMA, Fiji

Nubia: Jewels of Ancient Sudan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at the Getty Villa

Nubia: Jewels of Ancient Sudan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at the Getty Villa

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamJanuary 20, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Rapa Nui | Easter Island Icons at the British Museum

Rapa Nui | Easter Island Icons at the British Museum

Articles & Curations, Curations & ListsSteven G. AlpertDecember 28, 2022Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold, Top Posts

The Mark of Empire presented by Peter Lee | Season Two

The Mark of Empire presented by Peter Lee | Season Two

Video ContentEditorial TeamDecember 27, 2022Art of the Ancestors, The Mark of Empire, Peter Lee

Cultural History In Focus | “A.W. Nieuwenhuis Across Borneo (1894-1994)” by Bernard Sellato

Cultural History In Focus | “A.W. Nieuwenhuis Across Borneo (1894-1994)” by Bernard Sellato

The Splendours of Uzbekistan’s Oases at the Musée du Louvre

The Splendours of Uzbekistan’s Oases at the Musée du Louvre

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamDecember 23, 2022Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Resource Spotlight | “A History of Photography in Indonesia: From the Colonial Era to the Digital Age” by Brian C. Arnold

Resource Spotlight | “A History of Photography in Indonesia: From the Colonial Era to the Digital Age” by Brian C. Arnold

Book FeaturesBrian C. ArnoldDecember 22, 2022Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold, Brian C. Arnold

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art at The Met Fifth Avenue

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art at The Met Fifth Avenue

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamDecember 16, 2022Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Island Southeast Asian & Oceanic Treasures in the Fowler Museum at UCLA

Island Southeast Asian & Oceanic Treasures in the Fowler Museum at UCLA

Curations & ListsSteven G. AlpertNovember 29, 2022Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold, Oceania, Penn Museum

Sakuddei Myths: “Cat and Mouse” as recounted by Tengatiti | Translation & Commentary by Dr. Reimar Schefold

Sakuddei Myths: “Cat and Mouse” as recounted by Tengatiti | Translation & Commentary by Dr. Reimar Schefold

Cultural History In Focus | “The Colonial Official as Ethnographer: VOC Documents as Resources for Social History in Eastern Indonesia” by Hans Hägerdal

Cultural History In Focus | “The Colonial Official as Ethnographer: VOC Documents as Resources for Social History in Eastern Indonesia” by Hans Hägerdal

Cultural History In FocusHans HägerdalNovember 23, 2022Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold, Hans Hägerdal

Center of the World: China and the Silk Road and The Sogdians: Influencers on the Silk Roads at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

Center of the World: China and the Silk Road and The Sogdians: Influencers on the Silk Roads at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamNovember 18, 2022Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold