In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (Papori to Noling)

Times & Places

Sulawesi

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Standing female figure (pinetau)

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Spout from a water vessel: human figure

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Double tubular sacred textile (mawa')

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Sacred textile (maa' or mawa')

In Focus

Bracelet (komba lola')

In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (sekomandi), 1983.126

In Focus

Sacred textile (sarita), 1983.120

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Shroud or ceremonial hanging (sekomandi)

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Sacred textile (sarita)

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Shroud or ceremonial hanging (Papori to Noling)

In Focus

Sacred textile (sarita), 1983.122

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Section from a house façade with a human figure

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Necklace (tora-tora)

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Sacred textile (sarita)

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Sacred textile (mawa') depicting tadpoles and water buffalo

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Shroud or ceremonial hanging (paporitonoling)

In Focus

Serpent-form head ornament (sanggori) & Serpent-form head ornament (sanggori) with human figure

In Focus

Shield (balulang)

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Head-form spout from a water vessel

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Serpent-form head ornament (sanggori) with human figure

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Standing female figure

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Bracelet (komba lola')

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Sacred textile (sarita)

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Figure of a buffalo (pinetau)

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Shield (balulang)

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Serpent-form head ornament (sanggori)

In Focus

Double tubular sacred textile (mawa'), 2007.47

Peoples & Societies

The Toraja of Sulawesi

In Focus

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

In Focus

Sacred textile (mawa') depicting tadpoles and water buffalo

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Sacred textile (sarita)

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

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Sacred textile (maa'or mawa')

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Standing male figure (pinetau)

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Sacred textile (sarita)

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Sacred textile (maa' or mawa')

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Sacred textile (maa' or mawa')

Cultures & Traditions

Toraja Ancestral Origin Houses (tongkonan)