ETHAS 024625

Indon. Java vase à eau lustrale, date

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024625
Vase for lustral water
Indonesia, East Java, Bromo
Tengger. 16th century
Bronze
Gift of the ambassador René Naville in 1954

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The volcano Bromo (alt. 2329 m) is considered to be a god, whom the Hindus worshipped in its crater. This ancient vase is evidence of the cult. Its body is decorated with the signs of the Zodiac and Hindu divinities.

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East Indies (Insulindia)

The highly diverse East Indies – over 17,000 islands – has preserved a multitude of tribal societies, in which power is linked to the magical practices in the cult of nature deities and ancestor spirits. It includes the island of Borneo as well as the archipelagos of Indonesia and the Philippines. According to its constitution, Indonesia is monotheist and the animist religion is classed by default within Islam, which makes it the biggest Muslim country in the world.


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