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Marind Girls at Dema Ceremony
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This month, we have added a new archive to assist our readership in accessing the comprehensive history of our blog features on a single page. You are invited to effortlessly explore our offerings from the inception of Art of the Ancestors in November 2018 until the present. Ordered in a mosaic from our most recent posts back to our early beginnings, we trust that this intuitive, searchable format will provide a useful means for our readers and generous contributors to revisit or delve into their favorite topics we’ve presented on the site.

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Spirit Boards of the Papuan Gulf at the British Museum
Steven G. Alpert
Spirit Boards of the Papuan Gulf at the British Museum
Steven G. Alpert
Steven G. Alpert
Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet at The Met Fifth Avenue
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Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet at The Met Fifth Avenue
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Editorial Team
Demons, Ghosts, and Goblins in Chinese Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Demons, Ghosts, and Goblins in Chinese Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art at LACMA
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We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art at LACMA
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Editorial Team
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence at Victoria & Albert Museum
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The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence at Victoria & Albert Museum
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Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship at Peranakan Museum
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Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship at Peranakan Museum
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Borneo Textiles in Global Museum Collections
Steven G. Alpert
Borneo Textiles in Global Museum Collections
Steven G. Alpert
Steven G. Alpert
Cultural History In Focus | “Who Is the Dalang?” by Matthew Isaac Cohen from Tablet
Matthew Isaac Cohen
Cultural History In Focus | “Who Is the Dalang?” by Matthew Isaac Cohen from Tablet
Matthew Isaac Cohen
Matthew Isaac Cohen
Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao at National Gallery of Australia
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Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao at National Gallery of Australia
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Gold Ming: The Splendors and Beauties of Imperial China (14th – 17th Centuries) at Musée National des Arts Asiatiques — Guimet
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Gold Ming: The Splendors and Beauties of Imperial China (14th – 17th Centuries) at Musée National des Arts Asiatiques — Guimet
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Asian Bronze: 4000 Years of Beauty at Rijksmuseum
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Asian Bronze: 4000 Years of Beauty at Rijksmuseum
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Silk Roads at the British Museum
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Silk Roads at the British Museum
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Taíno Arts: Figurative Wooden Works in the British Museum
Steven G. Alpert
Taíno Arts: Figurative Wooden Works in the British Museum
Steven G. Alpert
Steven G. Alpert
Gateways of Entrance and Egress: Traditional Indonesian Doors in Global Collections
Steven G. Alpert
Gateways of Entrance and Egress: Traditional Indonesian Doors in Global Collections
Steven G. Alpert
Steven G. Alpert
Masterpieces from the Torlonia Collection at the Musée du Louvre
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Masterpieces from the Torlonia Collection at the Musée du Louvre
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Hall of the Pacific at the Yale Peabody Museum
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Hall of the Pacific at the Yale Peabody Museum
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Resource Spotlight | “An Annotated Bibliography of Indonesian, Filipino & Malay Edged Weapons” by T.D. Rogers
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Resource Spotlight | “An Annotated Bibliography of Indonesian, Filipino & Malay Edged Weapons” by T.D. Rogers
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Editorial Team
Beksan Jayenglaga, Keperwiraan Dalam Gelar Catur Sagatra
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Beksan Jayenglaga, Keperwiraan Dalam Gelar Catur Sagatra
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Editorial Team
Arts of Sumba in Global Museum Collections
Steven G. Alpert
Arts of Sumba in Global Museum Collections
Steven G. Alpert
Steven G. Alpert
Cultural History In Focus | “Between resistance and co-operation; Contact zones in the Aru Islands in the VOC period” by Hans Hägerdal
Hans Hägerdal
Cultural History In Focus | “Between resistance and co-operation; Contact zones in the Aru Islands in the VOC period” by Hans Hägerdal
Hans Hägerdal
Hans Hägerdal
Paestum: Greek and Roman City of Goddesses at Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
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Paestum: Greek and Roman City of Goddesses at Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
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Loot – 10 Stories at the Humboldt Forum
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Loot – 10 Stories at the Humboldt Forum
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Editorial Team
A Passion for Jade: The Bishop Collection at The Met Fifth Avenue
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A Passion for Jade: The Bishop Collection at The Met Fifth Avenue
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Editorial Team
Picture Worlds: Greek, Maya, and Moche Pottery at the Getty Villa
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Picture Worlds: Greek, Maya, and Moche Pottery at the Getty Villa
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Editorial Team
Arts of Flores in Global Museum Collections
Steven G. Alpert
Arts of Flores in Global Museum Collections
Steven G. Alpert
Steven G. Alpert
Barkcloth and Feathered Capes | Graphic Design in the Arts of Hawaii at the British Museum
Steven G. Alpert
Barkcloth and Feathered Capes | Graphic Design in the Arts of Hawaii at the British Museum
Steven G. Alpert
Steven G. Alpert
The Taíno and Kalinago of the Caribbean at Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
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The Taíno and Kalinago of the Caribbean at Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
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Cultural History In Focus | “Pangolin, Rama, and the garden in Lanka in the 9th century CE: A few notes on a symbolically powerful “anteater” by Jiri Jakl
Jiří Jákl
Cultural History In Focus | “Pangolin, Rama, and the garden in Lanka in the 9th century CE: A few notes on a symbolically powerful “anteater” by Jiri Jakl
Jiří Jákl
Jiří Jákl
Resource Spotlight | “Glass of the Sultans” by Stefano Carboni and David Whitehouse
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Resource Spotlight | “Glass of the Sultans” by Stefano Carboni and David Whitehouse
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Editorial Team
The Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles at the Palace Museum
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The Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles at the Palace Museum
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