object

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

In Focus

Seated male ancestor figure, 2003.31

Cultures & Traditions

Batak Art and the West

In Focus

Tutelary figure

Cultures & Traditions

Adat

In Focus

Figure from the top of a funerary post (jihe)

Cultures & Traditions

Ancestors in Traditional Indonesian Cultures

Cultures & Traditions

Déblé

In Focus

Male Ancestor Figure (itara)

object

Head of a deity

Terms

Malagan (or Malangan)

In Focus

Female protective figure (pagar)

In Focus

Epa headdress

In Focus

Altar depicting the first female ancestor (luli)

Cultures & Traditions

Founding Fathers in Southeast Moluccan Art

object

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (paporitonoling)

object

Roof-ridge panel with crouching human figures

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

House facade ornament representing a singa

In Focus

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

Cultures & Traditions

Wooden Sculpture of the Ono Niha

Cultures & Traditions

Themes in Traditional Indonesian Arts

object

Male ancestor figure named Malabi

object

Ceremonial lime container (ahumama)

object

Flute stopper: male figure

object

Standing guardian figure (tepatung)

object

Seated male ancestor figure

In Focus

Male protective figure (pagar)

Cultures & Traditions

The Art of the Batak

In Focus

Sword with handle resembling a human face in profile

object

Fetish #1

In Focus

Funerary Figure for an Aristocratic Woman

In Focus

Symbol of the inner head (ibori) and House of the head (ile ori)

Peoples & Societies

Yoruba

Cultures & Traditions

Toraja Ancestral Origin Houses (tongkonan)

Peoples & Societies

Luba

In Focus

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

object

Flute stopper: female figure