Primitive Arts of Southeast Asia

Schoffel, Alain. Meudon, France: Alain and Francoise Chaffin, Publisher, 1981. First edition. 216 pages, richly illustrated in black-and-white and color. Text in English and French. With a glossary and bibliography. This is the important study of artworks and material culture created by the peoples of Southeast Asia — including New Guinea, Borneo, Assam, Indonesia and the Philippines — as drawn from the extraordinary holdings of the French collector Alain Schoffel. It primarily contains wood carvings and metalwork from tribal sources such as the Naga, Batak, Nias, Maluku, Korwar, Asmat, Dayak and Ifugao. A fine example of this extraordinarily unusual reference in the publisher's catalog."} } } }