Inter- and intraregional variation in the Austronesian Painting Tradition: A view from East Timor

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 389-403

  O'Connor, Sue ^a   Oliveira, Nuno Vasco ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Austronesian Painting Tradition; Iconography; Island Southeast Asia; Rock art; Timor; Western Pacific

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL TRADITION; ICONOGRAPHY; ROCK ART;

ASIA; EURASIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 34748917771     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2007.0014     Document Type: Article

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