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Cabinet of a Militia Company
anonymous, c. 1520 - c. 1530, furniture, BK-KOG-656
On display in room 0.4
Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-A
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-B
These guards stand at the entrance to a temple to ward off evil. They are holding a vajra, with which to crush ignorance. Their open and shut mouths represent the first and last letters of the Japanese script: A and N: this symbolises the totality of sounds and letters, of knowledge. Worshippers who…
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Diorama of a Du, Dance Celebration…
Gerrit Schouten, 1830, NG-2005-24
The scene in the dance tent is a ‘du’, a role-play event with music and dancing, held once every year on the plantations. Both players and audience were slaves. The main character was the ‘Afrankeri’, the narrator, left. The man in the red suit on the right is playing the king. Europeans in Suriname…
On display in room 1.17
Balpoottafel, ingelegd met ebben-…
anonymous, c. 1620 - c. 1650, furniture, BK-NM-14382
Armchair
anonymous, c. 1615 - c. 1625, furniture, BK-16019
On display in room 2.2
Diorama of Government Square in…
Gerrit Schouten, 1812, NG-412
On display in room 1.17
The Buddha Amida
anonymous, c. 1125 - c. 1175, sculpture, AK-MAK-294
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Wandtafel van verguld lindehout met…
anonymous, 1690 - 1710, furniture, BK-1975-80
Child’s cot
anonymous, c. 1620 - c. 1650, furniture, BK-KOG-1810
On display in room 2.4