Now available: Yao ceremonial artifacts from Ohio University
March 10, 2010
Ohio University has shared approximately 2,800 images of art works and objects created by the Yao people, an ethnic minority from northern Vietnam, which are now available in ARTstor. When complete, the collection in ARTstor will include 3,700 images of ceremonial and temple art dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, with examples of hand scrolls, hanging scrolls, masks, head dress-type objects, manuscripts, and textiles. These images have been selected from Ohio University's North Ethnic Minorities Collection — Viet Nam, which is housed in the Frederick and Kazuko Harris Fine Arts Library.
To view the Yao Ceremonial Artifacts (Ohio University) collection, go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click on "Yao Ceremonial Artifacts (Ohio University)." Or search the keywords: yao ohio.
For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Yao Collection (Ohio University) collection page.
Related collections:
- Southeast Asia Visions: John M. Echols Collection (Cornell University Library)
- Huntington Archive of Asian Art
- Asia Society Collection
- Asian Art Photographic Distribution (University of Michigan)
- Barbara Anello: Photographs of Southeast Asia and Morocco

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