introduction
BEGINNINGS:
THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920)


TRANSITION (1920-1945)

EXPANSION (1945-1960)

CULMINATION (1960-1980)

The Americas
Africa
Asia
India

Central and Western Asia

Japan

China

Indonesia

01. Carvings

02. Shadow puppet, "monkey king"

Sumatra: The Nancy Tanner Collection

03. Purse, basketry

04. Trap, for birds kept as pets

05. Clothes iron and Goldsmith's tools

06. Gongs

Oceania and Australia

RECENT YEARS (1980-2001)

RECENT ACQUISITIONS


From left to right:

Carving of a male dancer (?), stone
Indonesia, Bali
Collected by Mr. and Mrs. James Heath, 1960–62.
8–331

Carving of a water buffalo, wood
Attributed to Ida Bagus Ketut
Indonesia, Bali, Mas village
Collected by Bernard G. Saunders, 1960–61.
18–71

This figure was used to decorate a house, while the stone one may have been a temple decoration.