Jean Paul Barbier.

1 Barbier, Jean Paul.; Newton, Douglas. (Eds.). ‘Islands and Ancestors. Indigenous Styles of Southeast Asia’. 362 pp.; 37 plates in colour, 40 in duotone and 193 b/w text illus., bibliography. Munich, 1988. Hbk. ¶ The emphasis of this publication is on the art from outer island Indonesia, mainly based on the Barbier-Müller collection in Geneva. 2 Brinkgreve, Francine.; Stuart-Fox, David. (Eds.). ‘Living with Indonesian Art. The Frits Liefkes Collection’. 336 pp.; 337 colour illus., map, bibliography. Series: Collection Series, Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde/National Museum of Ethnology. [Leiden]. Exh. cat. National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden. Amsterdam, 2013. Pbk. ¶ This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Een huis vol Indonesië: Het mooiste uit de collectie Liefkes', held at RijksmuseumVolkenkunde/National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, 7 May - 21 July 2013. 3 Corbey, Raymond. ‘Of Jars and Gongs. Two Keys to Ot Danum Dayak Cosmology’. 88 pp.; 62 illustrations, maps, bibliography. Leiden, 2016. Hbk. ¶ 'Of Jars and Gongs' deals with the traditional art of Ot Danum Dayak. Much of their art depicts the journey of the soul of the deceased through a richly variegated spirit world. The present publication offers a comparative analysis of various Ot Danum ritual objects. It draws on a long tradition of ethnographic writing on the area stretching back to the mid-19th century, mainly by German and Swiss Protestant missionaries and Dutch colonials. 4 Klokke, Arnoud.; Mahin, Marko. ‘Along the Rivers of Central Kalimantan. Cultural Heritage of the Ngaju and Ot Danum Dayak. Langs de rivieren van Midden-Kalimantan. Cultureel erfgoed van de Ngaju en Ot Danum Dayak’. 176 pp.; c.200 b/w photographs, 3 maps, glossary, bibliography. Text: Dutch and English. Leiden, 2012. Pbk. ¶ Serving as a Protestant missionary doctor in Central Kalimantan during the early 1950s, Arnoud H. Klokke travelled far up the great rivers to visit villages of the Ngaju and Ot Danum peoples. This book presents a selection of Dr. Klokke's fascinating photographs depicting the exceptional cultural heritage of these Dayak groups as well as a number of objects he collected which are now kept in the National Museum of Ethnology (Leiden, the Netherlands). 5 Fraeye, Mark de.; Keurs, Pieter ter. ‘Indonesia. The Island State’. 232 pp.; c.200 splendidly photographed colour plates of landscape, people and material culture from Indonesia. Bibliography. Antwerp, 1999. Hbk. ¶ Good introductory text to the history and arts from Indonesia by the former curator of the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands, Pieter ter Keurs. 6 Bos. P. R. ‘Biographies of Florenese Musical Instruments and their Collectors’. 96 pp.; 93 b/w illus., map. Summary in Indonesian. Bibliography. Series: Bulletin 347 KIT. Amsterdam, 1999. Pbk.

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