Title
Beaded neck piece or ceremonial object
Year/Period
First half of the 20th century
Region
Tanah Toraja, South Sulawesi
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 138.0 x 42.0 x 2.0 cm
Accession No.
2018-01047
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Regina Maria Bekker-Zeef. Presented to the ACM by the City of Delft, Netherlands.
Worn during ceremonies by dancers, around the neck with the fringes hanging down their chests, these kandauré possibly symbolise abundance and splendour. They may also be hung from tall beams during funerals. They feature white figures with their arms raised upward in the top layer of beading, followed by geometric patterns rendered in yellow, red, orange and blue.
