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BALI ­ A DANCER’S HOME AWAY FROM HOME: THE KATHARANE MERSHON COLLECTION OF INDONESIAN ART – TAASA Review June 2019

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This article was originally found in the June 2019 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 10).

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Joanna Barrkman A udiences are increasingly engaging not only with museum collections but also the collectors who acquired them and the context in which they were amassed.

Katharane Edson Mershon (1892-1988) was a Californian dancer, choreographer and dancer who was initially drawn to Bali to experience its dance traditions.

Her collection, known as The Katharane Mershon Collection of Indonesian Art, was gifted by Mershon to the Fowler Museum at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1961...