Island Southeast Asia
The museum’s small collection of artwork from this region is represented mainly by the Batak people of Indonesia.
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra.
Many cultural subgroups exist, and both Islamic and Christian influences are depicted in artworks.
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