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How to Make the Universe Right: The Art of the Shaman from Vietnam and Southern China
by Nguyen, Trian
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- ISBN 10
- 0942006127
- ISBN 13
- 9780942006124
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Santa Barbara, CA: Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015. 208 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held January 16 to May 1, 2015 at the Bates College Museum of Art and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. Includes the catalogue of an exhibition curated by Barry Kitnick, Dan Mills, and Trian Nguyen. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "Exhibition catalogue featuring the collection of Barry and Jill Kitnick of Vietnamese shamanic art and artifacts, with a monographic essay on the material by Asian art scholar Trian Nguyen." - Publisher CONTENTS: The shaman priest and priestess: their heavenly mission and the ordination rituals; Initiation into the spiritual path of the Dao: the three basic painting scrolls of the Yao; A full set of eighteen paintings: the pantheon of a fully ordained shaman priest in the Yao tradition; The twelve guardian deities: healing the sick, warding off evil forces, and providing protection for the household and community; The four heavenly messengers: the liaison officials of time and space; Finding the way to heaven: the long painting scrolls; Going through the dark courts: the ten kings of the underworld; Wearing the universe: shaman robes, garments, and paraphernalia; Ritual instruments: sealed approval of the heavenly work on earth; Checklist.. 1st. Paperback. NEW. 4to.
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- Title
- How to Make the Universe Right: The Art of the Shaman from Vietnam and Southern China
- Author
- Nguyen, Trian
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0942006127
- ISBN 13
- 9780942006124
- Publisher
- Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Asian / Chinese; Genre & Subject / Religious / Buddhist; Asian / South-East Asian;
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