Jan 1977
VOLUME 8 - NUMBER 1
Dayak Art of Kalimantan
Go East: Luminously Islamic Brunei
Hanoi of Memories
Gods of the Thai Dance
Nemesis of the Opium Trade
Cover. Sculptures in wood made by anonymous priestly craftsmen of the carious Dayak tribes of Borneo like this statue of a mother and child from Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island, are mere object d’art to outsides. The Dayak, however, look to these for good health, success and protection. The world of the Dayak is populated by men as well as by both good and evil souls and the wooden figures they wear as amulets, post in the approaches to their villages as mystic sentinels and erect throughout their land as monuments are living and potent beings. Courtesy, Werner Forman Archive.
FEATURES
Norma Harteam. The Facial Lady of Cat Street
P. Spencer Wachtel. Tak Seng of Jakarta
Paul Raffaele. North Korea: Gray Days in the Land of the Sun of Mankind
Brunei: Luminously Islamic Abode of Peace
Hanoi: Remembrances of Times Past
Koon-nhu Pramualratana. Homage to the Gods of the Thai Classical Dance
Kalimantan Art: Guardians of the Dayak Night
Jean Bray. Magical, Tricky Tanuki
Ren Bao Shu. Lin Tse-hsu: Nemesis of the Opium Trade
Earl Wieman. Ju Ming’s Timber That Live
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Marcus Brooke. Destination: Brunei
Nigel Cameron. Book Review: Poems of Wang Wei
Tony Y. Chong. Singapore’s Handicraft Centre
Orientations Index 1976; Part I
NEWS
Discoveries
VOLUME 8 - NUMBER 1
Dayak Art of Kalimantan
Go East: Luminously Islamic Brunei
Hanoi of Memories
Gods of the Thai Dance
Nemesis of the Opium Trade
Cover. Sculptures in wood made by anonymous priestly craftsmen of the carious Dayak tribes of Borneo like this statue of a mother and child from Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island, are mere object d’art to outsides. The Dayak, however, look to these for good health, success and protection. The world of the Dayak is populated by men as well as by both good and evil souls and the wooden figures they wear as amulets, post in the approaches to their villages as mystic sentinels and erect throughout their land as monuments are living and potent beings. Courtesy, Werner Forman Archive.
FEATURES
Norma Harteam. The Facial Lady of Cat Street
P. Spencer Wachtel. Tak Seng of Jakarta
Paul Raffaele. North Korea: Gray Days in the Land of the Sun of Mankind
Brunei: Luminously Islamic Abode of Peace
Hanoi: Remembrances of Times Past
Koon-nhu Pramualratana. Homage to the Gods of the Thai Classical Dance
Kalimantan Art: Guardians of the Dayak Night
Jean Bray. Magical, Tricky Tanuki
Ren Bao Shu. Lin Tse-hsu: Nemesis of the Opium Trade
Earl Wieman. Ju Ming’s Timber That Live
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Marcus Brooke. Destination: Brunei
Nigel Cameron. Book Review: Poems of Wang Wei
Tony Y. Chong. Singapore’s Handicraft Centre
Orientations Index 1976; Part I
NEWS
Discoveries
VOLUME 8 - NUMBER 1
Dayak Art of Kalimantan
Go East: Luminously Islamic Brunei
Hanoi of Memories
Gods of the Thai Dance
Nemesis of the Opium Trade
Cover. Sculptures in wood made by anonymous priestly craftsmen of the carious Dayak tribes of Borneo like this statue of a mother and child from Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island, are mere object d’art to outsides. The Dayak, however, look to these for good health, success and protection. The world of the Dayak is populated by men as well as by both good and evil souls and the wooden figures they wear as amulets, post in the approaches to their villages as mystic sentinels and erect throughout their land as monuments are living and potent beings. Courtesy, Werner Forman Archive.
FEATURES
Norma Harteam. The Facial Lady of Cat Street
P. Spencer Wachtel. Tak Seng of Jakarta
Paul Raffaele. North Korea: Gray Days in the Land of the Sun of Mankind
Brunei: Luminously Islamic Abode of Peace
Hanoi: Remembrances of Times Past
Koon-nhu Pramualratana. Homage to the Gods of the Thai Classical Dance
Kalimantan Art: Guardians of the Dayak Night
Jean Bray. Magical, Tricky Tanuki
Ren Bao Shu. Lin Tse-hsu: Nemesis of the Opium Trade
Earl Wieman. Ju Ming’s Timber That Live
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Marcus Brooke. Destination: Brunei
Nigel Cameron. Book Review: Poems of Wang Wei
Tony Y. Chong. Singapore’s Handicraft Centre
Orientations Index 1976; Part I
NEWS
Discoveries