Ancestors of the Lake
Subtitle: art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea
By: edited by Virginia-Lee Webb ; contributions by Anna-Karina Hermkens ... [et al.].
Contributors: Webb, Virginia-Lee; Hermkens, Anna-Karina, 1969-; Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Publisher: Menil Collection; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houston, Tex; New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780300166101
Subjects: Indonesian Art; Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.); Art; Exhibitions
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Menil Collection, Houston, Tex., May 6-Aug. 28, 2011, and Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norwich, England, Sept. 27-Dec. 11, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-132) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments -- Josef Helfenstein; title: Serendipitous beginnings: Maro and Othello in the Menil Collection  -- Kristina Van Dyke; title: Introduction  -- Virginia Lee-Webb; title: Lake Sentani art: connecting ancestors and descendants, chiefs and community  -- Dirk Schmidt; title: Exploring the Lake: Sentani art in Dutch collections  -- David van Duuren; title: It was like Paradise: Paul Wirz at Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay  -- Andrea E. Schmidt; title: Jacques Viot and the enchanted castle  -- Phillippe Peltier; title: Paintings past, present, and future: Maro from Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay  -- Anna-Karina Hermkens; title: Sentani art and artists today: reflections from Agus Ongge, Ferri Kaigere, and Martha Ohee  -- Anna-Karina Hermkens and Muridan Widjojo; title: Catalogue entries  -- Virginia-Lee Webb; title: Selected bibliography --; title: Index --; title: Credits.