In Focus

Seated male ancestor figure, 2003.31

Cultures & Traditions

Batak Art and the West

Cultures & Traditions

Adat

In Focus

Figure from the top of a funerary post (jihe)

In Focus

Male Ancestor Figure (itara)

In Focus

Tutelary figure

Cultures & Traditions

Déblé

Cultures & Traditions

Founding Fathers in Southeast Moluccan Art

Cultures & Traditions

Ancestors in Traditional Indonesian Cultures

In Focus

Altar depicting the first female ancestor (luli)

Peoples & Societies

Luba

In Focus

Shrine object with figure atop a dwelling flanked by two mythological animals

object

Flute stopper: female figure

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Female protective figure (pagar)

object

Male protective figure (pagar)

object

Seated male ancestor figure

In Focus

Male protective figure (pagar)

Cultures & Traditions

The Art of the Batak

In Focus

Sword with handle resembling a human face in profile

In Focus

Door of a tomb (tutu’ liang) with human figure

Cultures & Traditions

Wooden Sculpture of the Ono Niha

Cultures & Traditions

Themes in Traditional Indonesian Arts

object

Male ancestor figure named Malabi

object

Ceremonial lime container (ahumama)

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Flute stopper: male figure

object

Door of a tomb (tutu'liang) with human figure

object

Standing guardian figure (tepatung)

object

Head of a deity

Terms

Malagan (or Malangan)

In Focus

Female protective figure (pagar)

In Focus

Epa headdress

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1983.71

In Focus

Pair of male and female ancestor figures (ana deo)

object

Beer-drinking vessel

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Chair with head on back and figures on rungs

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Standing male ancestor figure (singiti)

Cultures & Traditions

Founding Mothers in Southeast Moluccan Art

Cultures & Traditions

Senufo Funerary Practices

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (pua kumbu)

object

Ear ornament or pendant (mamuli)