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)
02Turban fitter's dummy
03Press for puri bread, wood
04Puppet
05Shrine image, plaster plaque
06Turban for special occasions
07Stencil with fish design, tin
08Diwali servers for sweets
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.