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Fabulous Batiks and Stunning Gold: Art of the Indonesian Islands

This docent lecture examines the batik collection and gold pieces on display at the Asian Art Museum. The gold objects are a recent gift from a local collector and include extravagant and rare pieces used by both women and men to show their rank in society, as bodily adornments and as pledge in marriage.

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