Ruth Barnes, the Thomas Jaffe Curator of Indo-Pacific Art, invites visitors to look closely at a selection of wood carvings and textiles in the Kubler-Thompson Gallery of Indo-Pacific Art. Barnes shows how Southeast Asian cultures have shared aesthetic approaches while simultaneously finding individual expression over time.
Gallery Talk, The Origin and Descent of Patterns in Maritime Southeast Asia
Threshold, Ngada, possibly 17th century. Wood. Private collection