In Hotung Gallery/ Projects Behind the Scenes at the British Museum: Indo-Roman trade in the Hotung Gallery The previous incarnation of the South Asia section of the Sir Joseph E Hotung Gallery for China and South Asia was broadly thematic in… Continue Reading →
In Asian Ethnographic Collections/ Projects From Siberia to London: the Sakha Collections at the British Museum The British Museum Siberian collections are substantial - numbering some 1400 objects – and they also range widely in terms of material, type, and… Continue Reading →
In Col. Colin Mackenzie, 1st Surveyor General of India/ Exhibition Photo Galleries/ Projects/ Reviews/ Travels/ Travels & Reviews Collector Extraordinaire Exhibition: treasures from India in Scotland Opening night! After a slightly frantic start deciding what to wear to an event I had been looking forward to for so long, I… Continue Reading →
In Asian Ethnographic Collections/ Projects The Great Game & Alexander the Great: 19th century transformation in Kalasha material culture in northwest Pakistan In Autumn 2012, I first encountered the vast Asian Ethnographic Collections held at the British Museum. I knew the collections were considerable, but nothing… Continue Reading →
In Travels/ Travels & Reviews Elveden: a small corner of the Punjab in a Suffolk churchyard When a son was born to Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Maharani Jind Kaur, it must have seemed inconceivable to them that his final resting place would… Continue Reading →