object

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

Cultures & Traditions

Batak Art and the West

In Focus

Seated male ancestor figure, 2003.31

Cultures & Traditions

Adat

In Focus

Figure from the top of a funerary post (jihe)

In Focus

Male Ancestor Figure (itara)

In Focus

Tutelary figure

Cultures & Traditions

Déblé

Cultures & Traditions

Founding Fathers in Southeast Moluccan Art

Cultures & Traditions

Ancestors in Traditional Indonesian Cultures

In Focus

Altar depicting the first female ancestor (luli)

Peoples & Societies

Luba

In Focus

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

object

Flute stopper: female figure

object

Female protective figure (pagar)

In Focus

Female protective figure (pagar)

Terms

Malagan (or Malangan)

In Focus

Epa headdress

object

Head of a deity

object

Male protective figure (pagar)

Cultures & Traditions

Themes in Traditional Indonesian Arts

In Focus

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

Cultures & Traditions

Wooden Sculpture of the Ono Niha

object

Ceremonial lime container (ahumama)

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Standing guardian figure (tepatung)

object

Male ancestor figure named Malabi

object

Flute stopper: male figure

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1983.71

In Focus

Pair of male and female ancestor figures (ana deo)

object

Chair with head on back and figures on rungs

object

Beer-drinking vessel

object

Standing male ancestor figure (singiti)

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

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (paporitonoling)

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House facade ornament representing a singa

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (pua kumbu)

Cultures & Traditions

Senufo Funerary Practices