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  • SiewchTravelerSingapore Feb 2025
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    • Day 6
    • Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
    • ⛅ 26 °C
    • Altitude: 22 m
    • SingaporeEmpress Place Building1°17’14” N  103°51’6” E
    Processional palanquin, Malaysia, C19.
    These bowls originated from Changsha in C8 and were recovered from a Tang Dynasty shipwreck..Artifacts from the ancient maritime trade.Artifacts from the ancient maritime trade.Decorative door, India.Dayak tribe objects.Ancestor statues from various parts of Indonesia.Artifact from Tana Toraja.Artifacts from the Yao people of Indochina.The Jain worldview expressed within the body of a man.Buddhist artifacts.A mandala displaying cosmology and the cycle of life.Buddha statue.Various styles of Buddha statues.Doorway from Indonesia, incorporating traditional as well as colonial motifs.A chest from the Islamic Art gallery.Textiles from the Islamic Art gallery.Islamic Art gallery.Textiles from the Islamic Art gallery.An artifact from the jewellery gallery.

    Asian Civilisations Museum

    February 5 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    It rained on Wednesday, so I decided to make it a museum day. My first stop was the Asian Civilisations Museum. The first gallery I encountered focused on maritime trade, and it featured artifacts from China, India, and the Middle East recovered from shipwrecks in the area.

    Among the other galleries, I was most interested by the galleries featuring animistic artifacts from the region, as well as Islamic and Buddhist artifacts.
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