Tomb door

Reference : 223

Jacquier wood, shell Dimensions: 56 x 30 cm Sa’dan, Toradja Sulawesi (formerly Celebes), Indonesia Provenance: Marc Assayag Collection, Montreal Thomas Murray Collection, California

While tomb doors carved with a sacred buffalo or a bust of a person, hands raised, are the most common, full-length doors with human figures are much rarer.
They were reserved exclusively for high-ranking dignitaries.
High-relief carving of a full-length male figure, hands on stomach.
The background is engraved with curvilinear motifs and shell inlays.
This door, with a figure carved in the effigy of the deceased, closed the vault carved into the side of a high, steep cliff, found in the Sa’dan river region.  price : 3.200€.

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