CEREMONIAL BRACELET IN REPOUSSÉ GOLD AND COLORED... Lot 48
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CEREMONIAL BRACELET IN REPOUSSÉ GOLD AND COLORED GLASS (KOMBA-LOLA)
TORAJA PEOPLE, SULAWESI, INDONESIA, 19TH CENTURY
15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.) diam.
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A GOLD REPOUSSÉ COLORED GLASS CEREMONIAL BRACELET (KOMBA-LOLA)
TORAJA PEOPLE, SULAWESI, INDONESIA, 19TH CENTURY
托拉查族 蘇拉威西島 印度尼西亞 十九世紀 金錘揲嵌紅料儀式手鐲
Provenance:
With Claude de Marteau by the 1980s
These exceptionally large bracelets are worn by women from the Toraja tribe in Mamasa, part of West Sulawesi province, during special ceremonies and funerals. The display of elaborate jewelry is of critical importance, especially in funeral ceremonies, to emphasize the status and wealth of the upper classes. An example can be found in the Dallas Museum of Art (1988.55) and a pair published in Carpenter, Ethnic Jewellery of Indonesia, 2011, p. 186 and 186, both which share similar chased designs in the gold panel sides.
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