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Memories from Java: Ernő Zboray’s Collection at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts

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September 1, 2017
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Brittig, V. (2017). Memories from Java: Ernő Zboray’s Collection at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts. Acta Neerlandica, 14, 223-238. https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/actaneer/article/view/10028
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Ernő Zboray brought a set of wayang golek puppets along with other objects to Hungary from West Java in 1931. The collection was exhibited in the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts in the same year and received wide coverage in the contemporary press. Although there are some unanswered questions concerning the exact origin of these objects, the collection is relatively well-documented. The records of the 1931 exhibition survived in the Archives of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, provide a context which enables to view these pieces of art not as mere items from a strange world but as a set of objects that gave an insight into the traditional thinking of the people of Java.