Pieces of a Nation
South Sudanese Heritage and Museum Collections
Edited by Zoe Cormack & Cherry Leonardi | 2021
South Sudan became independent in 2011 after decades of rebel wars with the Government of Sudan. Independence prompted discussions about South Sudanese identity and shared history, in which material objects and cultural heritage featured as…
Museum, Magic, Memory
Curating Paul Denys Montague
Julie Adams | 2021
In 2012, a chance encounter between a curator and a century-old expedition journal occurred in the archives of a Cambridge museum. The journal was written by a young anthropologist, Paul Denys Montague, and recorded his…
Healing Power
Living Traditions, Global Interactions
Edited by Cunera Buijs & Wouter Welling | 2021
Hidden healing practices exert fascination and stimulate extensive scientific and public interest. It is a contested topic for many indigenous peoples. Throughout the ages, numerous spiritual healing forms have been marginalized or severely persecuted. Nowadays,…
Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth
Cloth, Collections, Communities
Edited by Frances Lennard & Andy Mills | 2020
Barkcloth or tapa, a cloth made from the inner bark of trees, was widely used in place of woven cloth in the Pacific islands until the 19th century. A ubiquitous material, it was integral to…
Ci, Gender and Social Change among the Asmat of Papua, Indonesia
Onesius Otenieli Daeli | 2020
Ci is the Asmat word for dugout canoe. The ci is an integral part of the everyday life of the Asmat – an ethnic group residing in eastern Indonesia in Papua province (formerly Irian Jaya)…
The Compassionate Bodhisattva
Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara
Sofia Sundström | 2020
Southeast Asia has a long history with Buddhism that continues to the present day. Centuries ago, Buddhism spread to various areas of Southeast Asia, where some of the greatest Buddhist images and monuments were produced…
This is not a grass skirt
On fibre skirts (liku) and female tattooing (veiqia) in nineteenth century Fiji
Karen Jacobs | 2019
The Pacific ‘grass skirt’ has provoked debates about the demeaning and sexualised depiction of Pacific bodies. While these stereotypical portrayals associated with ‘nakedness’ are challenged in this book, the complex uses and meanings of the…
Pieces of a Nation
South Sudanese Heritage and Museum Collections
Edited by Zoe Cormack & Cherry Leonardi | 2021
South Sudan became independent in 2011 after decades of rebel wars with the Government of Sudan. Independence prompted discussions about South Sudanese identity and shared history, in which material objects and cultural heritage featured as…
Museum, Magic, Memory
Curating Paul Denys Montague
Julie Adams | 2021
In 2012, a chance encounter between a curator and a century-old expedition journal occurred in the archives of a Cambridge museum. The journal was written by a young anthropologist, Paul Denys Montague, and recorded his…
Healing Power
Living Traditions, Global Interactions
Edited by Cunera Buijs & Wouter Welling | 2021
Hidden healing practices exert fascination and stimulate extensive scientific and public interest. It is a contested topic for many indigenous peoples. Throughout the ages, numerous spiritual healing forms have been marginalized or severely persecuted. Nowadays,…
Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth
Cloth, Collections, Communities
Edited by Frances Lennard & Andy Mills | 2020
Barkcloth or tapa, a cloth made from the inner bark of trees, was widely used in place of woven cloth in the Pacific islands until the 19th century. A ubiquitous material, it was integral to…
Ci, Gender and Social Change among the Asmat of Papua, Indonesia
Onesius Otenieli Daeli | 2020
Ci is the Asmat word for dugout canoe. The ci is an integral part of the everyday life of the Asmat – an ethnic group residing in eastern Indonesia in Papua province (formerly Irian Jaya)…
The Compassionate Bodhisattva
Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara
Sofia Sundström | 2020
Southeast Asia has a long history with Buddhism that continues to the present day. Centuries ago, Buddhism spread to various areas of Southeast Asia, where some of the greatest Buddhist images and monuments were produced…
This is not a grass skirt
On fibre skirts (liku) and female tattooing (veiqia) in nineteenth century Fiji
Karen Jacobs | 2019
The Pacific ‘grass skirt’ has provoked debates about the demeaning and sexualised depiction of Pacific bodies. While these stereotypical portrayals associated with ‘nakedness’ are challenged in this book, the complex uses and meanings of the…
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