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The 5 Marapu Stone Ritual Effigies 35x15cm | Handicrafts from Sumba
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A rare piece with an amazing magnetic aura!
- Total dimensions: length 35cm x height 15cm x depth 7cm approx. Dimensions of each statuette: height 10 or 12cm x width 5cm x depth 5cm approx. Total weight: approx. 2.5kg.
- Materials : Sumba stone and painted metal base.
- Hand-crafted: slight variations in color or appearance from the photographed model, as well as minor imperfections, are possible, testifying to the authenticity of each piece.
This superb tribal work is a set of five hand-cut stone effigies, with distinct faces and motifs, aligned on a black metal support. It comes from Sumba, an island in the Sunda Archipelago of Oceania, a region renowned for its ancestral crafts and living megalithic traditions.
Each of these 5 figurines represents a protective spirit or illustrious ancestor, in keeping with the island's animist customs. Their stylized human forms and typical motifs testify to their connection with traditional Marapu rituals. In Sumba, such stone sculptures are still used today to commemorate ancestors, protect homes or decorate religious altars.
To emphasize the symbolic value of this object, place it ..:
- In a living room, as a centerpiece on a low cabinet or open shelf.
- Or in a meditation or reading space, to create a serene, introspective atmosphere.
By exhibiting this Sumba work in your space, you are paying tribute to the authentic craftsmanship of this fascinating people and contributing to the cultural transmission of their ancestral know-how.
A true work of art in your home
With their raw, timeless style, charged with symbolism, these tribal statues from Sumba evoke the collections of the great primitive arts museums.
Each figure seems to have emerged from another time, carrying with it the memory of a people and its rituals. Presented together on their base, they form a veritable collector's item that will captivate lovers of tribal art and ethnography.
A rare decorative object, but also a fragment of living culture, to be displayed like a precious relic or a testimony to a humanity rooted in the sacred.
- Summary
- This pretty statuette made of stone and natural shells is a symbolic piece, typical of the handicrafts of the island of Sumba. It is distinguished by its natural elegance, its special aura, and can be integrated into different styles of decoration.
- Size
- 35cm
Height 14cm x Width 9cm x Depth 9cm approx. Weight: 900g approx. - Information
- This article may present imperfections and differences in appearance compared to the photographed model, proof of its artisanal origin and its authenticity.
- Delivery method
- Standard item
- Object type
- Decoration
- Material
- Stone
- Colour
- beige
- Origin
- Handcrafted and fair
- Patterns & Symbols
- Tribal pattern
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