Rare woman’s Toraja necklace, South and Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Materials: Silver, wood and painted glass. Most of the glass beads used by the Toraja were imported or derived from trading. The silver beads were probably made by itinerant Bugis smiths; the wood core were typical of Toraja and not found elsewere.
From the 19th century or early 20th.
Provenance: Belgian private collection.
Dimensions:
Length: 54 cm (no clasp)
Each bead 2,5 x 1 cm
Literature:
“Colliers ethniques d’Afrique d’Asie, d’Océanie et d’Amérique”, Leurquin, Anne, Skira, 2003, p. 344
“Ethnic Jewelry from Indonesia”, Carpenter, Bruce W., Editions Didier Millet, 2011, p. 188
“The jewelry of Southeast Asia”, Richter, Anne, Thames & Hudson, 2000, p. 217
“Gold Jewellery of the Indonesian Archipelago”. Anne Richter, Bruce W. Carpenter, ed.Didier Millet, 2011, p. 256-7
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