Michael Backman’s Video Reels

Here you will find dozens of short video reels – initially created for our Instagram page. Each is less than 90 seconds long and covers matters of culture, art & travel.ย We hope that you will enjoy them.

Visiting thousands of Shinto Torii gates, at Inari, near Kyoto, Japan. 

Fushimi Inari Taisha Sembon Torii 

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ  ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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How betel or sirih traditionally was prepared in Southeast Asia particularly in Malaysia, Indonesia and among the Straits Chinese. 

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ  ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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Extremely well preserved costumes associated with the Mahdi uprising in Sudan, 1880s. At the Royal Museum in Canterbury, England.

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Antique silver and gold betel leaf holders from Malaysia, Laos and Indonesia.

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ  ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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The imam preaches rather than the sultan! But Islamic Malay woodcarving on Malaysiaโ€™s east coast.

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ  ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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Our next catalogue will be out this coming Tuesday - plus we have a brand new website to explore! 
Itโ€™s bigger, better with new functionality and better search. 

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An important Buddha in Bangkok for the local Hokkien Chinese community - Wat Kanlayanamit Woramahawihan. Itโ€™s not often visited by tourists and is on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. 

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ  ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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Regarding Tang Dynasty influence on Japan and Japanese material culture.

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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Antique betel sets from Malaysia, Indonesia and the peranakan, Baba-Nonya or Straits Chinese communities.

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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Raw materials to make dagger and sword hilts in Southeast Asia were imported from around the world as well as being sourced locally. Globalisation has been going on for centuries. 

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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Splendid local architecture in Phrae, northern Thailand.

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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Malay silverware and the betel leaf motif. 

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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Bentong, a town in the Malaysian state of Pahang, is renowned for its ginger.

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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A rare Burmese watercolour of a destroyed building in Mandalay sold by us to Singaporeโ€™s Asian Civilisations Museum. 

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Shinto and Buddhist pilgrims leave wishes on wooden blocks called ema in designated areas in some shrines in Japan. This unusually loaded example is in Kyoto. 

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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A VOC shipwreck in Fremantle, Western Australia. Part of the fascinating story of early trade berweeb Europe and Asia. 

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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The very unusual Erawan Elephant Museum in Bangkok with its excellent collection of Bencharong Thai ceramics. With Paul Bromberg. 

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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Invited by the lovely @pbisalp to go on a boat trip and historical tour along the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok. Also with @paul_bromberg_silver
At the splendid Perak Museum in Taiping, Malaysia. It is an important part of the Malay silverware story.

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Visiting a contemporary religious art warehouse in Bangkok.

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ (link in Bio) ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

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