NEW PUBLICATIONS

HOW TO MAKE THE UNIVERSE RIGHT: 
THE ART OF THE SHAMAN IN VIETNAM AND SOUTHERN CHINA
This catalog presents an extraordinary collection of 300+ painted scrolls, robes, & other ceremonial objects from the Yao, Tay, San Diu, Cao Lan, Nung, San Chay, & other Ethnic Minority People.

Available through Amazon.com.  For the direct link, please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0942006127?keywords=barry%20kitnick&qid=1446214218&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1


INDONESIAN TRIBAL ART
Illustrated by more than 400 masterpieces from one of the world's largest private collection.  The artwork, collected by Roger Dashow of Boston over a period of 30 years, not only includes many unpublished pieces but also types that have been rarely seen.  The book also features ground breaking texts from author Bruce Carpenter.

Available through Amazon.com.  For the direct link, please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9814610100?keywords=bruce%20carpenter&qid=1446215215&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1

New Tribal Art Book for Sale

Niyogi Books Presents: ARUNACHAL by Peter Van Ham

Arunachal: Peoples, Arts and Adornment in India's Eastern Himalayas is the result of 10 years of painstaking travel and research among all of the state's many ethnic groups.  It covers geography, history, and anthropology, through 370 brilliant photographs focused especially on the people's unique arts and personal adornment, represented through on-sight photography and objects from museum and private collections, never published before.

Peter Van Ham is the author of several books on Nagaland.

ISBN: 978-93-83098-00-2.  236 pages.

Distributed in Europe by Ms. Kodansha Europe LTD.  Email: tw@kodansha.co.uk
Distributed in USA/Canada by ACC Distribution.  Email: sales@antiquecc.com.

For additional information, please go to: www.niyogibooksindia.com.

ART ARTICLE ONLINE

9500-YEAR-OLD WOODEN SHIGIR IDOL OFFERS A WINDOW INTO THE MINDS OF OUR STONE AGE ANCESTORS
Its twice the age of Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids...

News.com.au: Science/Technology:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/yearold-wooden-shigir-idol-offers-a-window-into-the-minds-of-our-stone-age-ancestors/story-fnjwl1aw-1227112009670

ART BLOG LINK

INSULINDIA AT THE MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY (MQB) BY PHILIPPE BOURGOIN
From the blog of Pierre Nachbaur Art

For the direct link, please go to:
http://www.pierrenachbaurart.com/insulindia-at-the-musee-du-quai-branly-mqb-by-philippe-bourgoin/?utm_source=Pierre+Nachbaur+Art&utm_campaign=5d8009b165-Newsletter_09_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2193d77e19-5d8009b165-34434573

ART NEWS

CT OF 1000-YEAR-OLD BUDDHIST STATUE REVEALS MUMMIFIED REMAINS OF MONK INSIDE.

For direct link to story, please go to:  http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/02/buddah-mummy/

Interesting Links to Art Stories

BERLINS PICASSO MYSTERY: AN AFRICAN MASK, A FORGER, ART DEALERS, AND A GYNECOLOGIST

http://www.artwis.com/articles/berlins-picasso-mystery-an-african-mask-a-forger-art-dealers-and-a-gynaecologist/


540,000- YEAR-OLD SHELL CARVING MAY BE HUMAN ANCESTOR'S OLDEST ART

http://news.yahoo.com/540-000-old-shell-carvings-may-human-ancestors-135017375.html