Power and Gold: Jewelry from Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, from the Collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva (African, Asian & Oceanic Art)

The world of jewelry which we invite you to enter is that of the peoples of theouter islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Phillippines--ethnic groups beyond Java and Bali that have retained their rituals and myths to a relatively large degree, even in an era of increasing contact with Islam and Christianity. The ethnic jewelry described in this catalogue was investigated through fieldwork and archival research by Susan Rodgers, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Ohio University. Many of the book's numerous illustrations have never before been published, and most of the ornaments are themselves being exhibited for the first time.