The South Asia Collection

2019 marks forty years since the founding of The South Asia Collection. In a week […]

Swat is a mountainous district of northern Pakistan. Traditionally, woodworkers were held in great esteem […]

Lion vahana, mount of Goddess Durga Polychrome wooden sculpture, 20th century, Tamil Nadu, India  We […]

Nagaland has a strong warrior tradition and headhunting was a significant part of its culture for many years. Strict rules surrounded the practice of headhunting. For example, heads would […]

A brand new book from the collaborative Vernacular Furniture of N-W India project, Sahaj: Vernacular Furniture of Gujarat, the first book of its kind. Co-authored by our Collection Curator, Ben Cartwright, alongside Mitraja Bais, Jay Thakkar and Samrudha Dixit. The Gujarati term Sahaj can mean either ‘inherent’ or […]

In July this year, The South Asia Collection received a donation of 142 Rabari textiles, originally […]

Here, at The South Asia Collection we are big believers in the need to be […]

This courtyard scene was painted by the Scottish watercolour artist Nancy Jane Burton, who travelled widely through Kashmir, Pakistan (which would have been northern India in the period Nancy was there, before Independence) and Afghanistan between 1932 and 1936. 1936. This painting is currently on display as part of the new exhibition, Nancy Jane […]