Carl Bock: Temples and Elephants
Below, a series of images from Carl Bock’s Temples and Elephants: The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration Through Upper Siam and Lao (1884). The
The Decorated Boats of Kelantan
Whenever I visit Mun Kao I raid his library; this time I stole “The Decorated Boats Of Kelantan”, by Paul J Coatalen (Universiti Sains Malaysia,1982). It’s a survey
Huang Qing Zhi Gong Tu 皇清职贡图
Huang Qing Zhi Gong Tu or Qing Imperial Illustrations of Tributary Peoples is a 18th century work by the Qing Dynasty, it is a collection
Travel Sketches
Reiseskizzen google-translates to Travel Sketches. Singapore, Malacca, Java: Reiseskizzen was published in 1866 and written by Andreas Fedor Jagor, a German ethnologist, naturalist and explorer.
David Bade’s Of Palm Wine, Women and War
In 1293, a year before the end of his reign, the Great Khan Khubilai, founder of the Yuan Dynasty, dispatched an army to Java. David
Betel Chewing and a Dilemma of Depiction
In my new zine of collected drawings, there are a couple of these trivia pages briefly talking about practises/objects of SEA that I find interesting.
Grande tenue de la cour d’Annam by Nguyen Van Nhan (1902)
“Official Dress of the Court of Annam”, a series of 54 paintings by the court painter of the last Nguyen Dynasty. Painted during a period
DOWNLOAD: Wise Serpent
The Wise Serpent is an enormous and sacred cobra — a snake, able to charm and transform others. (A 5E character class)
DOWNLOAD: Charm Addict
The Charm Addict is a body-mod enthusiast — augmenting themselves via magic inserted under the skin. (A 5E character class)
