BEAUTY, WEALTH, AND POWER. Jewels and Ornaments of Asia
San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 1992. 64 pages, 43 color and 10 b/w photographs, 1 map. More
San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 1992. 64 pages, 43 color and 10 b/w photographs, 1 map. More
Honolulu: 1989. 144 pages (small folio size, 9" x 12"). 39 full--page and 4 half-page color photographs of costumes, jewelry, and textiles from China, Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, Okinawa, Burma, Laos, India, Philippines, Cambodia, Korea, Vietnam, Nepal, Tibet, and Afghanistan. More
London: 1983. xi, 232 pages, 25 illustrations. Cloth cover. More
Munich: 1990. Ornament und Symbol. 151 pages (small folio size, 9" x12"), 40 pages of color photographs and 40 pages of b/w photographs, plus 44 smaller b/w photographs--all photographs of jewelry and personal ornamentation of Pacific peoples, 3 maps. Cloth cover. More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1956. 95 pages, 92 b/w and 14 color photographs. Decorated hard board cover. More
New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1990. 288 pages, 157 color photographs--many full-page and double-page, 71 b/w photographs, 5 drawings--all photographs and drawings of the arts of the royal court, dating back to the 8th and 9th centuries, and including jewelry, masks, sculptures, sacred weapons, carvings, musical instrucments, royal textiles, manuscripts..... More
New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1990. 288 pages, 157 color photographs--many full-page and double-page, 71 b/w photographs, 5 drawings--all photographs and drawings of the arts of the royal court, dating back to the 8th and 9th centuries, and including jewelry, masks, sculptures, sacred weapons, carvings, musical instrucments, royal textiles, manuscripts..... More
British Museum: 1989. 164 pages of text containing 27 large b/w photographs and drawings, plus 16 full-page color photographs of ceremonies and adornment of these New Guinea Highlanders. Cloth cover. More
Barbier-Muller Museum. Geneva: 1985, 1990. 2nd edition. 369 pages, 353 color and 122 b/w photographs of ritual hereditary jewelry, 11 maps. Cloth cover. The ritual hereditary jewelry of the peoples of the outer islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines who have retained their rituals and myths, is seldom exhibited..... More
Geneva: Barbier-Muller Museum, 1985, 1990. 2nd edition. 369 pages, 353 color and 122 b/w photographs of ritual hereditary jewelry, 11 maps. The ritual hereditary jewelry of the peoples of the outer islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines who have retained their rituals and myths, is seldom exhibited and even..... More
London: 1996. 142 pages, 82 full-page color photographs plus 20 additional pages of color photographs, 8 full-page and half-page b/w photographs. Cloth cover. The jewelry of the Himalayan peoples--with its centuries old traditoin of reflecting both religious and cultural values--has never before been systematically studied. In this lavishly illustrated work;..... More
San Francisco: 1996 (1st U.S. edition). 160 pages, 177 color and 52 b/w photographs, 1 map. Soft cover ed. A handsome survey of the textiles, jewelry, pottery, woods, masks and metals created by Thai artisans from the 19th century to current time. Excellent photographs and a very informative text make..... More
San Francisco: 1996 (1st U.S. edition). 160 pages, 177 color and 52 b/w photographs, 1 map. Cloth cover ed. A handsome survey of the textiles, jewelry, pottery, woods, masks and metals created by Thai artisans from the 19th century to current time. Excellent photographs and a very informative text make..... More
Leiden: 1893. xvi, 670 pages. Later cloth cover. Fine condition. This very scarce volume deals with the anthropology of the Dutch East Indies and contains major sections on: ornaments and decoration, clothing, household utensils and tools, weapons, rituals and customs, religion (Batak, Dayak, Java, Timor), family life, houses; art, language..... More