In Focus

Shield (balulang)

object

Bracelet (komba lola')

object

Sacred textile (sarita)

object

Shield (balulang)

In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (Papori to Noling)

object

Sacred textile (maa' or mawa')

object

Sacred textile (maa' or mawa')

object

Double tubular sacred textile (mawa')

Cultures & Traditions

Toraja Ancestral Origin Houses (tongkonan)

In Focus

Sacred textile (sarita), 1983.122

In Focus

Sacred textile (mawa'), 1983.117

object

Section from a house façade with a human figure

object

Sacred textile (sarita)

In Focus

Bracelet (komba lola')

In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (sekomandi), 1983.126

In Focus

Sacred textile (sarita), 1983.120

object

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (sekomandi)

object

Sacred textile (sarita)

object

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (Papori to Noling)

In Focus

Double tubular sacred textile (mawa'), 2007.47

Peoples & Societies

The Toraja of Sulawesi

Cultures & Traditions

Toraja Textiles

In Focus

Sacred textile (mawa') depicting tadpoles and water buffalo

object

Sacred textile (maa'or mawa')

object

Sacred textile (sarita)

object

Sacred textile (sarita)

object

Sacred textile (maa' or mawa')

In Focus

Male figure and water buffalo head from a house façade

In Focus

Funerary Figure for an Aristocratic Woman

object

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

object

Sacred textile (mawa') depicting tadpoles and water buffalo

Teaching Ideas

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

In Focus

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

object

Male figure and water buffalo head from a house façade

In Focus

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

object

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

object

Standing male figure (pinetau)

object

Funerary figure (tau-tau)