Toraja Hat, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Early 20th C.

Toraja Sulawesi Ikat, Indonesia, Early 20th C. Hand spun cotton and natural dyes. Size: 5'2'' x 4'2'' (157 x 127 cm). Provenance: Sylvia and Philip Chaplain Collection, New Hampshire.

Toraja Sacred Heirloom Mawa, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Early-Mid 20th C. Hanging in hand resist, brown-black dye, red accents probably directly applied. Trees of life on long sides with traces of applied d

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Toraja people, ca. early 20th century CE. An amazing ritualistic canopy known as a kandaure comprised of thousands of glass seed beads strung and woven on f

"Tau tau" funerary statue, Tana Toraja peoples, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Carved wood with incised designs, inset arms. Fair/weathered condition. Early/mid 20th c. Size: 38.5'' x 9'' x 5.25'' (98 x 23 x 13

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, South Sulawesi Island, Toraja culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A finely-built square granary door, hand-carved from dense jackfruit wood, with an abstract bu

**Originally Listed At $550** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Timor Island, Tetum; Sulawesi Island, Toraja people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fabulous ensemble of 3 spoons: 2 Toraja wood spoons an

**Originally Listed At $500** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Toraja people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful set of 3 hand-carved wooden spoons, each exhibiting a range

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Toraja peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An attractive carved wooden lute with two strings and a tuning peg for each. The body is decorated with flo

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Toraja people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating set of wooden anthropomorphic puppets known as tau tau, connected by two dowels. The figures

Mamasa Toraja Spinning Wheel, Sulawesi, Early 20th C. Wood and plant fiber. With three carved ancestor figures. Provenance: John Barker Fine Arts, Albuquerque. Size: 18.5'' x 19'' x 23.5'' (47 x 48 x

Toraja Dulang Ritual Bowl, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Mid 20th C. Carved wood. Size: 6'' x 7.5'' x 7.25'' (15 x 19 x 18 cm).

2 Antique Cotton Ikat Ceremonial "Sekomundi" Textiles, early 20th century, Toraja people, Sulawesi. Sizes: 1) 64'' x 50'' (163 x 127 cm); 2) 66'' x 50.5'' (168 x 128 cm). Provenance: Apsara Arts of As

AN INDONESIAN BUGIS ALAMANG SWORD Indonesia, Sulawesi, late 19th century to early 20th century. The long Alamang sword of the Bugis people with a straight steel (iron) blade and a finely incised silve

Rare Antique Ceremonial Blouse, Sulawesi, Early 20th C. Ceremonial blouse called "halili petondu", cotton, mica flakes, applique, embroidery, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Size: 23'' x 34'' (58 x 86 cm

Indonesian Painted Fiber Blouse from Central Sulawesi, Early 20th C. Size: 29'' x 35.5'' (74 x 90 cm). The people of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, primarily dressed in barkcloth until the introduction

Indonesian Toraja Tau-Tau Standing Male Ancestor Figure, Sulawesi, early/mid 20th century, jackfruit wood. Size: 53'' x 11'' x 16'' (135 x 28 x 41 cm). Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserv

Toraja Ritual Cloth "Maa'" or "Ma' wa", Indonesia, 19th-Early 20th C. Maa' sacred cloth hanging made of tabby woven cotton cloth and painted with dyes with the Torajan version of the tree of life desi

Woman's blouse, "lemba" painted beaten bark cloth (fuya), early to mid 20th century, Toraja, Sulawesi. Size: 36'' x 31'' (91 x 79 cm).

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi), ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An impressive lidded vessel skillfully executed in terracotta, the body presenting a globular form on a

Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, 19th/20th century, comprising: two carved and stained wooden figures, one male and one female, painted in black, blue, and red pigment, metal appliques to foreheads, both w

Toraja sacred cloth depicting people, animals and other auspicious symbols, "ma'wa", rice-paste resist batik and painting on hand-loomed cotton, vegetable dyes, early 20th c .Size: 144'' x 35'' (366 x

Decorative Toraja sacred cloth "ma'wa" or "maá," rice-paste resist batik and painting on hand-loomed cotton, vegetable dyes, Sulawesi, Indonesia, second half 20th C. Size: 110'' x 32'' (279 x 81 cm

**Originally Listed At $200** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Toraja people, ca. late 20th century CE. A massive woven textile, made of two joined panels, with knotted fringe at its shorte

Indonesia, from South Sulawesi, blade is mid-19th century CE, scabbard and handle are late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a keris (kris), with a narrow, sinuously curving blade and an intricat