Comparisons between wayang kulit Kelantan and graffiti art in Greater Kuala Lumpur show relations in the used apprenticeship system educating newcomers, in the strong inner motivations for newcomers to pursue these activities, in the process of creating the puppets/graffiti art works, in the usage…

The history of modern qipao dress covers only a few decades. The qipao represents a major visual symbol of the Chinese modernity, because it is the dress that was essentially linked to the redefinition of female body during the late Qing and Republican period. The traditional qipao was the female…

This article describes all types of amulets and talismans present in the Náprstek Museum Japanese collection and uncovers their symbolic meaning. These are mostly talismans from shrines and temples dating to the beginning of the 20th century, traditional hand-crafted items from famous places of…

The sixth excavation season of the Archaeological Expedition to Wad Ben Naga focused on the continued excavations of the so-called Typhonium (WBN 200) and re-excavations of the Circular Building complex (WBN 50 & 600). Both structures were digitally documented by means of the Structure from…

Traveller and writer Archibald Václav Novák engaged in a wealth of lecturing and literary activity in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s, with a focus on non- European countries. He drew on his own experiences from his time in the US and Tahiti in 1919–1921 and from his travels around south and…