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Unknown — Sacred ceremonial cloth mawa and Ceremonial hanging shroud porisityutu, Toraja / Rongkong, Sulawesi, Indonesia, early 20th century
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Sacred ceremonial cloth mawa and Ceremonial hanging shroud porisityutu, Toraja / Rongkong, Sulawesi, Indonesia, early 20th century

A pair of sacred ceremonial textiles from the Toraja and Rongkong peoples of Sulawesi, Indonesia: a mawa cloth and a porisityutu hanging shroud from the early 20th century. These pieces represent important ritual and spiritual objects.

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La Trame du Rêve : l’Art du Textile en Asie du Sud-Est

April 1, 2021

Estimate: $7,000$10,000

Lot 24

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Unknown, Sacred ceremonial cloth mawa and Ceremonial hanging shroud porisityutu, Toraja / Rongkong, Sulawesi, Indonesia, early 20th century

A pair of sacred ceremonial textiles from the Toraja and Rongkong peoples of Sulawesi, Indonesia: a mawa cloth and a porisityutu hanging shroud from the early 20th century. These pieces represent important ritual and spiritual objects.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Indonesia, Ceremonial Cloth, Ritual, Toraja, Early 20th Century, Sacred Textile, Rongkong, Sulawesi, Indigenous

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art