Blessings of the Bride in Traditional Indonesian Cultures
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Fundamental to the thinking of Indonesian peoples was the conviction that the family that provided the bride was ritually superior to that of the groom.
1967.2 Marsden Hartley, Still Life with Two Pears
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2010.16.A-B.McD Kirchner, Four Wooden Sculptures (Vier Holzplastiken) (recto)/ Ice Skater (Schlittschuhläufer) (verso)
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This intriguing image at first seems to show a strange assembly of nude
2008.63 Comb (hai karak jangga)
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Aristocratic Sumbanese women wore combs made of turtle shell as a crownlike festival headdress. In East Sumba, turtles (tanoma) are symbols of noble lineage.
1964.112.A-B.FA Diminishing Reflections VIII (Left & Right)
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Louise Nevelson is best known for her wooden works composed of collected urban debris.
1971.96.A-B Scene from the Tales of Ise
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