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Description
Annotation translation: "Post in Kandan, above Sampit. The bull was tied to this post during the tiwa festival. The name of the deceased, in whose honour the tiwa festival was organised, is scratched on the post." Annotation: "Pfahl in Kandan (oberhalb Sampit) an diesem war der Stier b. Tiwahfest angebunden. Auf demselben ist der Name des Verstorbenen, für den das Tiwahfest veranstaltet wurde, eingeritzt." Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 9.0 x 14.0 cm.
Ancestor worship Anthropomorphic representation Humped cattle Portrait m Religious festival Sacrificial place Statue Wood carving Indigenous Kalimantan religions
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