Sa'dan Toraja country, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Toraja... Lot 260
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Sa'dan Toraja country, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Toraja rice granary door
Nangka (jackfruit) wood
31 x 34 cm.
Carved with the pa'tedong motif, i.e. a buffalo face (tedong = 'buffalo'), the essential figure of the Toraja people, symbolizing the warrior, virile strength and connected to the divinity during sacrifices; and a latch carved with a rooster's head (manuk motif), animal intercessor with the divinities, and having a psychopomp role.
Bibliography:
K. Kadang, Ukiran Rumah Toradja, dinas penerbitan balai pustaka Djakarta 1960. pp. 55 78.
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