ETHAS 026784

Indon. Sumatra pot à pupuk

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026784
Pot for pupuk
Indonesia, Sumatra
Batak. 19th century
Wood, celadon, copper, plant fibres, human remains
Acquired from the Berkeley Galleries in London in 1957; former collection of the ethnologist William Ohly (1883-1995)

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This pot, which is still sealed, contains the boiled remains (pupuk) of an adolescent captured and sacrificed so his spirit will protect a village.

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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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