Southeast Asia

Name/Title

Southeast Asia

Entry/Object ID

DS523.S64 2011

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Toby Volkman, Charles Zerner

Notes

Gift of Toby Volkman and Charles Zerner, March 2026.

Lexicon

Search Terms

southeast asia--social life and customs, material culture--southeast asia

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Publisher

Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (Bảo tàng dân tộc học Việt Nam)

Place Published

Country

Vietnam

Continent

Asia

Date Published

2011

ISBN

9786049005916

Notes

Length: 127 pages

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Southeast Asia : diversity and unity -- Textiles. Supplementary weft patterns ; Pandanus and banana fibers ; Batik ; Ikat ; Brocade ; Embroidery -- Daily life. The house ; Jewelry ; Lacquer ; Wood carving -- Social life. Scripts ; Betel chewing ; Keris ; The ages of life ; Marriage ; Funerals -- Performing arts. The orchestras ; The masked dances of Java ; The shadow theatre of Indonesia ; The string puppets of Myanmar -- Religions. Indigenous beliefs ; Hinduism in Bali ; Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism ; Theravada Buddhism ; Catholicism in the Philippines ; Islam.