In Focus

Figure from the top of a funerary post (jihe)

In Focus

Seated male ancestor figure, 2003.31

In Focus

Male Ancestor Figure (itara)

In Focus

Tutelary figure

Times & Places

Zhou dynasty (c. 1050 BCE-256 BCE)

In Focus

Altar depicting the first female ancestor (luli)

Cultures & Traditions

Ancestors in Traditional Indonesian Cultures

Peoples & Societies

Luba

Cultures & Traditions

Themes in Traditional Indonesian Arts

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Seated male ancestor figure

Cultures & Traditions

Shinto

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Mask (Lukwakongo)

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Reliquary guardian figure (eyema-o-byeri)

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Janus reliquary guardian figure

Peoples & Societies

The Toraja of Sulawesi

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Standing male ancestor figure (singiti)

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Standing male ancestor figure (ekpu)

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Altar depicting the first female ancestor (luli)

Peoples & Societies

The Timorese

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Staff with standing female figure and baby

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House facade ornament representing a singa

In Focus

Standing female figure (1974.Sc.1)

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Standing figure

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Ancestor effigy post

Cultures & Traditions

Datu

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Funerary figure (tau-tau)

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Figure from the top of a funerary post (jihe)

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Reliquary figure (nbulu ngulu)

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Ancestor figure (itara)

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Sword with handle resembling a human face in profile

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Kneeling female figure with bowl and child

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Fetish #1

In Focus

Funerary Figure for an Aristocratic Woman

Cultures & Traditions

Toraja Ancestral Origin Houses (tongkonan)

In Focus

Ancestor worship in Southeast Molucca

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Reliquary standing figure

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Headdress (D'mba)

Cultures & Traditions

Zapotec (Monte Albán)

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Urn representing Cosijo