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Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum(24)Amsterdam:Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Tropenmuseum(26)Amsterdam:Tropenmuseum Bath: The Museum of East Asian Art(10)Bath:The Museum of East Asian Art Beijing: The Palace Museum(25)Beijing:The Palace Museum Brunei: Museums Department(10)Brunei:Museums Department Budapest: Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts(24)Budapest:Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts Busan: Busan Museum(13)Busan:Busan Museum Chiang Mai: Chiang Mai National Museum(20)Chiang Mai:Chiang Mai National Museum Chiang Rai: Rai Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park(11)Chiang Rai:Rai Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park Cracow: The National Museum in Cracow(25)Cracow:The National Museum in Cracow Dasmariñas: Museo De La Salle of the De La Salle University(16)Dasmariñas:Museo De La Salle of the De La Salle University Dublin: The Chester Beatty Library(25)Dublin:The Chester Beatty Library Durham: Oriental Museum(11)Durham:Oriental Museum Gothenburg: Museum of World Culture(15)Gothenburg:Museum of World Culture Gothenburg: The Röhsska Museum, of Design, Fashion and Decorative Arts(25)Gothenburg:The Röhsska Museum, of Design, Fashion and Decorative Arts Göttingen: Ethnographic Collection of the University of Göttingen(26)Göttingen:Ethnographic Collection of the University of Göttingen Hamburg: Museum of Ethnology(18)Hamburg:Museum of Ethnology Hanoi: National Museum of Vietnamese History(25)Hanoi:National Museum of Vietnamese History Hanoi: Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology(20)Hanoi:Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology Hanoi: Vietnam Fine Arts Museum(20)Hanoi:Vietnam Fine Arts Museum Helsinki: Didrichsen Art Museum(17)Helsinki:Didrichsen Art Museum Helsinki: Museum of Cultures, National Museum of Finland(20)Helsinki:Museum of Cultures, National Museum of Finland Herrnhut: Saxonian State Collections of Ethnography(10)Herrnhut:Saxonian State Collections of Ethnography Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of Art(22)Hong Kong:Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong: University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong(17)Hong Kong:University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong Jakarta Selatan: Museum Basoeki Abdullah(10)Jakarta Selatan:Museum Basoeki Abdullah Jakarta: Museum Kebangkitan Nasional, National Awakening Museum(6)Jakarta:Museum Kebangkitan Nasional, National Awakening Museum Jakarta: Museum Nasional(24)Jakarta:Museum Nasional Jakarta: Museum Sumpah Pemuda(6)Jakarta:Museum Sumpah Pemuda Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia(10)Kuala Lumpur:Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia Leeuwarden: Keramiekmuseum Princessehof(25)Leeuwarden:Keramiekmuseum Princessehof Leiden: National Museum of Ethnology(26)Leiden:National Museum of Ethnology Leipzig: Grassi Museum für Völkerkunde(10)Leipzig:Grassi Museum für Völkerkunde Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Museum(25)Lisbon:Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Lisbon: National Palace of Ajuda(14)Lisbon:National Palace of Ajuda Ljubljana: Slovene Ethnographic Museum(10)Ljubljana:Slovene Ethnographic Museum London: British Museum(16)London:British Museum London: Victoria and Albert Museum(25)London:Victoria and Albert Museum Lund: The Museum of Cultural History(27)Lund:The Museum of Cultural History Madrid: National Museum of Anthropology(25)Madrid:National Museum of Anthropology Manila: Ayala Museum(21)Manila:Ayala Museum Manila: National Museum of the Philippines(23)Manila:National Museum of the Philippines Munich: State Museum of Ethnology(25)Munich:State Museum of Ethnology Nagasaki: Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture(12)Nagasaki:Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture Paris: Musée Cernuschi(16)Paris:Musée Cernuschi Paris: Musée du quai Branly(23)Paris:Musée du quai Branly Paris: Musée National des arts asiatiques Guimet(23)Paris:Musée National des arts asiatiques Guimet Prague: National Museum; Nàprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures(53)Prague:National Museum; Nàprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures Prague: The National Gallery(25)Prague:The National Gallery Riga: Museum of Foreign Art(18)Riga:Museum of Foreign Art Rome: Giuseppe Tucci National Museum of Oriental Art(12)Rome:Giuseppe Tucci National Museum of Oriental Art Rome: Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini"(25)Rome:Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" Seoul: Hanyang University Museum(27)Seoul:Hanyang University Museum Seoul: Leeum Samsung Museum of Art(25)Seoul:Leeum Samsung Museum of Art Seoul: National Folk Museum of Korea(27)Seoul:National Folk Museum of Korea Seoul: National Museum of Korea(38)Seoul:National Museum of Korea Seoul: Sejong University Museum(11)Seoul:Sejong University Museum Seoul: World Jewellery Museum(14)Seoul:World Jewellery Museum Shanghai: Shanghai Museum(25)Shanghai:Shanghai Museum Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum(28)Singapore:Asian Civilisations Museum Singapore: National Archives of Singapore(7)Singapore:National Archives of Singapore Singapore: National Museum of Singapore(10)Singapore:National Museum of Singapore Singapore: NUS Museum, NUS Centre For the Arts(25)Singapore:NUS Museum, NUS Centre For the Arts Singapore: Singapore Art Museum(20)Singapore:Singapore Art Museum Stockholm: Museum of Ethnography(15)Stockholm:Museum of Ethnography Stockholm: Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities(24)Stockholm:Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Stockholm: Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities(30)Stockholm:Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities The Hague: Gemeentemuseum Den Haag(26)The Hague:Gemeentemuseum Den Haag Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum(25)Tokyo:Tokyo National Museum Torun: District Museum(26)Torun:District Museum Ulaanbaatar: Mongolian Theatre Museum(10)Ulaanbaatar:Mongolian Theatre Museum Ulaanbaatar: National Museum of Mongolia(10)Ulaanbaatar:National Museum of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar: The Fine Arts Museum of Zanabazar(10)Ulaanbaatar:The Fine Arts Museum of Zanabazar Vienna: Museum of Ethnology(22)Vienna:Museum of Ethnology Vientiane: Ho Phra Keo(14)Vientiane:Ho Phra Keo Vientiane: Laos National Museum(13)Vientiane:Laos National Museum Vientiane: Si Saket(13)Vientiane:Si Saket Vientiane: That Luang(7)Vientiane:That Luang Warsaw: Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw(27)Warsaw:Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw Warsaw: National Museum in Warsaw(25)Warsaw:National Museum in Warsaw Yongin city: Gyeonggi Provincial Museum(25)Yongin city:Gyeonggi Provincial Museum Yongin: Kyung Hee University Hye-Jung Museum(10)Yongin:Kyung Hee University Hye-Jung Museum Zhengzhou: Henan Museum(26)Zhengzhou:Henan Museum
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