Cultures & Traditions

Batak Art and the West

In Focus

Seated male ancestor figure, 2003.31

In Focus

Figure from the top of a funerary post (jihe)

Cultures & Traditions

Adat

In Focus

Tutelary figure

In Focus

Male Ancestor Figure (itara)

Cultures & Traditions

Déblé

Cultures & Traditions

Ancestors in Traditional Indonesian Cultures

Cultures & Traditions

Founding Fathers in Southeast Moluccan Art

In Focus

Altar depicting the first female ancestor (luli)

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Female protective figure (pagar)

Terms

Malagan (or Malangan)

In Focus

Epa headdress

object

Head of a deity

object

Male protective figure (pagar)

In Focus

Sword with handle resembling a human face in profile

In Focus

Male protective figure (pagar)

Cultures & Traditions

The Art of the Batak

object

Seated male ancestor figure

In Focus

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

Peoples & Societies

Luba

object

Female protective figure (pagar)

object

Flute stopper: female figure

Cultures & Traditions

Themes in Traditional Indonesian Arts

Cultures & Traditions

Wooden Sculpture of the Ono Niha

In Focus

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

object

Flute stopper: male figure

object

Male ancestor figure named Malabi

object

Standing guardian figure (tepatung)

object

Ceremonial lime container (ahumama)

object

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

In Focus

Standing guardian figure (tepatung)

In Focus

Standing female figure (1974.Sc.1)

Cultures & Traditions

Toys for the Soul: The Art of Mentawai

object

Roof-ridge panel with crouching human figures

object

House facade ornament representing a singa

object

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (paporitonoling)

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (pua kumbu)

Cultures & Traditions

Senufo Funerary Practices

Cultures & Traditions

Founding Mothers in Southeast Moluccan Art