How to Make the Universe Right: The Art of the Shaman from Vietnam and Southern China

Santa Barbara, CA: Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015. 208 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held January 16 to May 1, 2015 at the Bates College Museum of Art and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. Includes the catalogue of an exhibition curated by Barry Kitnick, Dan Mills, and Trian Nguyen. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "Exhibition catalogue featuring the collection of Barry and Jill Kitnick of Vietnamese shamanic art and artifacts, with a monographic essay on the material by Asian art scholar Trian Nguyen." - Publisher CONTENTS: The shaman priest and priestess: their heavenly mission and the ordination rituals; Initiation into the spiritual path of the Dao: the three basic painting scrolls of the Yao; A full set of eighteen paintings: the pantheon of a fully ordained shaman priest in the Yao tradition; The twelve guardian deities: healing the sick, warding off evil forces, and providing protection for the household and community; The four heavenly messengers: the liaison officials of time and space; Finding the way to heaven: the long painting scrolls; Going through the dark courts: the ten kings of the underworld; Wearing the universe: shaman robes, garments, and paraphernalia; Ritual instruments: sealed approval of the heavenly work on earth; Checklist.. 1st. Paperback. NEW. 4to.