EXHIBITION INTRODUCTION
BEGINNINGS:
THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920)
TRANSITION (1920-1945)
EXPANSION (1945-1960)
CULMINATION (1960-1980)
The Americas
Africa
Asia
India
01
Sari, tie-dyed cloth (detail)
02
Turban fitter's dummy
03
Press for puri bread, wood
04
Puppet
05
Shrine image, plaster plaque
06
Turban for special occasions
07
Stencil with fish design, tin
08
Diwali servers for sweets
09
Story-teller’s portable temple
Central and Western Asia
Japan
China
Indonesia
Oceania and Australia
RECENT YEARS (1980-2001)
RECENT ACQUISITIONS
Story-teller’s portable temple
India, Rajasthan, Dussi
Collected by Ronald Maduro, 1970.
9–11105
Travelling story-tellers carry around such shrines from place to place. The successively folding panels illustrate the story of the gods Ram and Sita.