Paths of origins : the Austronesian heritage in the collections of the National Museum of the Philippines, the Museum Nasional Indonesia and the Netherlands Rijksmuseum voor Völkenkunde / contributors, Lorraine V. Aragon ... [et al.] ; Purissima Benitez-Johannot, editor ; [photographer, Ken Cheong].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-273) and index.

Overview, the Autronesian heritage finding ourselves in island Southeast Asia / Purissima Benitez-Johannot -- Taiwan jade in the Philippines, 3,000 years of trade and long-distance interaction / Peter Bellwood, Hsiao-Chun Hung, and Yoshiyuki Iisuka -- Dong Song bronzes, the Indonesian archipelago during proto-historic times / Truman Simanjuntak -- Local bronze casting traditions in the islands / Ambra Calo -- Towards an integrated comparative study of Austronesian cultures / Edi Sedyawati -- Maritime images and the Autronesian afterlife / Eusebio Z. Dizon -- A three-part universe architectural space in island Southeast Asia / Florina H. Capistrano-Baker -- Guardians, ancestors, and other spirits squatting figures of the Austronesian world / Fiona Kerlogue -- Untangling the abaca knot, a kinship of fiber, color, and loom in Southeast Asia and the Pacific / Cherubim A. Quizon.