An attractive guide to the Museum of the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica in Taipei emphasizing the historical and cultural context of its artefacts. The museum houses around 3,500 artifacts of indigenous Taiwanese culture, collected during field surveys in indigenous villages.  A major part of the collection focuses on archaeology, featuring artefacts from ancient Chinese civilization, including the Neolithic Lungshan culture, the Shang period, and the Eastern Chou period. The museum also collaborates with indigenous communities to create exhibitions that renew links between artefacts and their source communities.  Illustrated throughout with excellent colour photographs.   Text of accompanying essays on indigenous minorities and their languages; folk religions and ancestor worship; deities and festivals are in Chinese with a four-page English summary.  All captions are dual language.  Large paperback.  80 pages.  In very good clean condition.  Cat No N208