Cultures & Traditions

A Dayak Worldview

Cultures & Traditions

A Wider Worldview in Traditional Indonesian Cultures

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Quilt (kantha): tree of life

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Sacred carving (jaraik) with monkey skull

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Sacred textile (mawa') with fish pond and leafy plants

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Celt with incised plant motif

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Man's sarong

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Standing figure with were-jaguar face

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Pendant: depicting a crocodile

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Sacred textile (mawa') with fish pond and leafy plants

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Tablet with incised symbols

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Crouching male figure

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Celt with incised masked figure

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Ceremonial skirt (tapis)

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Wittgenstein Vitrine (for the 1908 Kunstschau)

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Pendant: anthropomorphic celt

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Carved bone fragment

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Bird-celt pendant

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Tripod cylinder: enthroned lord with glyphic text

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Eccentric flint depicting a crocodile canoe with passengers

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Royal belt ornament

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Classic Mimbres Black-on-white bowl: turkeys consuming centipede

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Classic Mimbres Black-on-white bowl: turkey with staff head

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Earflare with incised image of the principal bird deity