Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Wrapping and Unwrapping Art 1
5. Functions
6. One. From the Living Rock Understanding Figural Representation in Early South Asia 21
7. Two. Disposable but Indispensable the Earthenware Vessel as Vehicle of Meaning In Japan 46
8. Three. From the Wedding Chamber to the Museum Relocating the Ritual Arts of Madhubani 77
9. Four. In the Realm of the Indigo Queen Dyeing, Exchange Magic, and the Elusive Tourist Dollar on Sumba 100
10. Movements
11. Five. Plunder, Markets, and Museums the Biographies of Chinese Imperial Objects in Europe and North America 129
12. Six. Situating Moving Objects: A Sino-Japanese Catalogue of Imported Items, 800 Ce to the Present 142
13. Memories
14. Seven. Angkor Revisited the State of Statuary 179
15. Eight. An Ancestral Keris, Balinese Kingship, and A Modern Presidency 214
16. Nine. Raw Ingredients and Deposit Boxes in Balinese Sanctuaries: A Congruence of Obsessions 238
17. Conclusion. Ways Of Experiencing: Art Art History, Television, And Javanese Wayang 272
18. Contributors 305
19. Index 309