Review 19 2 2010 June
Review 19 2 2010 June
Review 19 2 2010 June
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the journal of
the asian arts society
of australia
TAASA Review
c o n t e n t s
Volume 19 No. 2 June 2010
TAASA RE VI E W
Josefa Green
Robyn Maxwell
Be adwork of Is l a n d S o u t hea s t A s i a
Hwei-Fen Cheah
Anc estors in t he Ar c h i te c t u re : I n d i ge n o u s Ar t f r om Ta i wa n
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Portraits fro m In d i a 1 8 5 0 s 1 9 5 0 s
Anne OHehir
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Jim Masselos
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Janet Mansfield
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Batik of Java: Poetics and Politics. Caloundra Regional Art Gallery Touring Exhibition
Maria Wronska-Friend
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Michael Heppell
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Linda McLaren
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Rec e nt TAASA Ac t i v i t ie s
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TAASA Membe r s D i a ry
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$90 Dual
$90 Single overseas (includes postage)
$30 Concession (students/pensioners with ID)
$95 Libraries (overseas, $95 + $20 postage)
$195 Corporate/institutional (up to 10 employees)
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a dve r t i s i n g RAT E S
Nag ancestral horse with two riders [jara heda], Indonesia, 19th century or earlier,
wood, 120.0 x 320.0 x 50.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
$850
$725
$484
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TAASA c o mm i t t ee
E DITORIAL : S ou t h e a s t As i a n An c es t r a l A r t
LIF E , D E ATH AND M AGIC : 2 0 0 0 Y E ARS OF SOUTH E AST ASIAN ANC E STRAL ART
Robyn Maxwell
Toraja granary faade, Indonesia, 19th century, wood, pigments, 211.0 x 198.0 x 10.0 cm, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, Los Angeles
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The Bronze Weaver, Indonesia, 6th century, bronze, 25.8 x 22.8 x 15.2 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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Batak ceremonial jacket, Indonesia, 19th century, cotton, beads, metal bells; supplementary weft weave, appliqu, 37.0 x 132.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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REFERENCES
Adachi, Takashi, 2003. Isolating and connecting: a study on the
composition of space in the Yamis four-entranced main house in
Journal of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Engineering. Japan
Cameron, Elisabeth L, 1985. Ancestor motifs of the Paiwan
in Feldman, Jerome (ed) 1988: The eloquent dead: ancestral
sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia. University of California,
Los Angeles
Cameron, Elisabeth L and Sumnik-Dekovich, 1985. Magamoag:
benevolent ancestor of the Yami in Feldman, Jerome (ed) 1985:
The eloquent dead: ancestral sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast
Asia. University of California, Los Angeles
Chen Chi-Lu, 1968. Material culture of the Formosan aborigines.
Taiwan Museum, Taipei
Chen Chi-Lu, 1988. Notes on a wooden house-post of the Budai
Paiwan in Barbier, Jean Paul and Newton, Douglas (eds) 1988: Islands
and ancestors: indigenous styles of Southeast Asia. Prestel, Munich
Chiang, Bien, 2001. Paiwan sculpture in Sculptures: Africa, Asia,
Oceania, Americas, Muse du quai Branly, Paris
Del Re, Arundel, 1951. Creation myths of the Formosan natives.
Hokuseido Press, Tokyo
Ferrel, Raleigh, 1969. Taiwan aboriginal groups: problems in
cultural and linguistic classification in Monographs of the Institute
of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei
Kano, Tadao and Segawa, Kokichi 1956. An illustrated
ethnography of Formosan aborigines. Maruzen, Tokyo
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Displays of the finest jewellery were
reserved for major feasts with smaller and
less ostentatious examples worn as part of
everyday life. Depictions of the sumptuous
gold commissioned for feasts of merit
therefore serve as a valuable commemoration
of a patrons largesse and devotion to
ancestors and deities. Stone effigies of chiefs,
immense stone seats in the form of the
mythical osa-osa and wooden house panels
carved with depictions of jewellery continued
to emphasise a patrons bounty long after the
end of an owasa (de Moor 1990: 117).
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Charlotte Galloway
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Appleton, Ann, 2006. Acts of integration, Expressions of Faith.
Madness, Death and Ritual in Melanau Ontology, Borneo
Research Council, Phillips.
Chin, Lucas, 1980. Cultural Heritage of Sarawak, Sarawak
Museum, Kuching.
Hose, Charles and William MacDougall, 1912. The Pagan tribes
of Borneo, reprint Oxford University Press, Singapore, 2 vols,
1993, vol.1.
Morris, Stephen, 1991. The Oya Melanau, Malaysian Historical
Society, Kuching (Sarawak Branch).
Morris, Stephen, 1997. The Oya Melanau: traditional ritual
and belief, in Beatrice Clayre (ed) [special issue], The Sarawak
Museum Journal L11 (73, new series), Sarawak Museum
Department, Sarawak.
Tettoni, Luca and Edric Ong, 1996. Living in Sarawak,
Thames and Hudson, London.
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Vallabhchrya Mahrjas by William J. Johnson from The oriental races and tribes, residents and visitors of Bombay:
a series of photographs, with letter-press descriptions, Vol 1: Gujart, Kutch, and Kthiawr, London: W. J. Johnson,
Bolton and Barnitt, 1863, albumen silver photographs, letterpress, National Gallery of Australia collection
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Lakshmi 2001 by Pushpamala N and Clare Arni from the series The native
types: a series of photographs illustrating the scenery and the mode of
life of the women of South India, 20012004, Type C colour photographs,
National Gallery of Australia collection
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REFERENCES
Manorath portrait. A family worshipping on Nandotsav 1900, Khubiram and Gopilal Brothers, gelatin silver
photograph, watercolour. National Gallery of Australia collection
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REFERENCES
Evans, D., Pottier, C., Fletcher, R., Hensley, S., Tapley, I., Milne, A.
and Barbetti, M. 2007. A comprehensive archaeological map of
the worlds largest pre-industrial settlement complex at Angkor,
Cambodia, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of
the United States of America. Vol. 104 no. 36, pp. 14277-14282.
Feneley, M. 2006. The West Mebon Vishnu, in TAASA Review,
The Journal of the Asian ArtsSociety of Australia vol 15 (3).
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TIDAL ESTUARY, KUTCH c1800, GOUACHE ON PAPER, 48 x 24.5 CM. PORTVALE COLLECTION
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EXPLOSION ON BOAT, KUTCH c1800, GOUACHE ON PAPER, 36.5 x 27 CM. PORTVALE COLLECTION
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ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL, KUTCH c1800, GOUACHE ON PAPER, 37 x 25 CM. PORTVALE COLLECTION
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B OOK R E VI E W : E TH N IC J E W E L L E RY A N D A D O R N M E N T
Janet Mansfield
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Maria Wronska-Friend
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Batik Has Been Burnt #7, Dadang Christanto 2008, Acrylic on Belgium linen, 137.0 x 167.0 cm, Private Collection
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TRAV E LL ER S TAL E : A SE ACS ST UDY TOU R O F HIS TO RIC KILN S ITES IN FUJ IA N A ND JINGD E ZHE N
Linda McLaren
The Yueji kiln complex, Fujian Province, China, 2010. Photo: Ann Proctor
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INTERNATIONAL
IRELAND
UNITED KINGDOM
Muraqqa
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
25 June - 3 October 2010
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
FRANCE
JAPAN: AUTUMN,
ISLANDS AND ART
BURMA: THE
ESSENTIAL
EXPERIENCE
CAMBODIA:
ANGKOR WAT
AND BEYOND
07 November
29 October
24 October
24 November 2010
17 November 2010
09 November 2010
Angkors timeless grandeur is
Japan is a two-sided coin: one Designed and hosted by TAASA
unmissable, an unforgettable
post-modernist side embraces contributor Dr Bob Hudson, our
travel memory. Yet Cambodia
longstanding annual Burma
cutting-edge technology; the
program features extended stays offers a host of other important
other reveres and preserves
cultural and travel experiences:
in medieval Mrauk U, capital
fine artistic and cultural
outstanding ancient, vernacular
of the lost ancient kingdom of
traditions. Ann MacArthur,
and French colonial architecture;
Arakan (now Rakhine State)
Senior Coordinator of Asian
spectacular riverine environments;
and Bagan, rivalling Angkor
Programs at the Art Gallery
a revitalising urban capital in
Wat as Southeast Asias
of NSW, is our experienced
Phnom Penh; interesting cuisine
Japanophile leader. Kyushu and richest archaeological precinct.
and beautiful countryside. Join
Shikoku predominate including Exciting experiences in Yangon,
expatriate museologist, author,
Inle Lake, Mandalay and a
the Setouchi International Art
Siem Reap resident and TAASA
private cruise down the mighty
Festival based on the islands
Ayeyarwady are also included. contributor Darryl Collins on this
of the Inland Sea. A lengthy
latest, updated version of our
stay in Kyoto, home to 20% of
Land Only cost per person
Japan's national treasures, is
twinshare ex Yangon $3795 highly evaluated 2008 and 2009
programs. Prasat Preah Vihear
our spectacular autumn finale.
visit scheduled subject to access
Land Only cost per person
restrictions.
twinshare ex Fukuoka $9500
Land Only cost per person
twinshare ex Phnom Penh
$3575
HERITAGE DESTINATIONS
BACKROADS
OF BURMA
16 November
02 December 2010
One trip to Burma is never
enough. Backroads of Burma is
ideal for the second-time visitor
or indeed first-time travellers
desiring remote and rustic
locations. Starting and finishing
in Yangon, our schedule wends
south into Mon State, visiting
Kyaiktiyo and Moulmein
before heading north to Sri
Ksetra, the ancient Pyu capital.
Mystical Mount Popa, Bagan,
Monywa and the spectacular
cave temples of Po Win Taung,
Sagaing and Mandalay follow.
Dr Bob Hudson is program
leader.
Land Only cost per person
twinshare ex Yangon $4150
27 January
10 February 2011
Enigmatic and relatively
undeveloped, landlocked
Laos offers travellers an
intimate glimpse of traditional
Southeast Asian life. Gradually
emerging from tumultuous
recent history, Laos is a gem of
Indochina with interesting art,
architecture, French and Lao
cuisine, intricate river systems,
and rugged highlands. Darryl
Collins, long term Southeast
Asian resident, has designed
and will guide a comprehensive
tour of Laos which includes the
wonderful historic royal city of
Luang Prabang and Wat Phu
Champasak.
Land Only cost per person
twinshare ex Vientiane $4400
N AT U R E B U I L D I N G S P E O P L E T R AV E L L E R S
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