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  kim price May 28, 2010 at 10:35pm

  love these
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  Svetlana Sysoeva March 27, 2011 at 2:26pm

  Sulawesi - what area?
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  Kathleen McCabe-Elsey March 27, 2011 at 4:35pm

  Hi Sveltana, Don't know - any ideas? K
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  Svetlana Sysoeva March 27, 2011 at 4:40pm

  I only can say that I didn't see those in Tanah Toraja. And that south of Sulawesi is all muslim. Reminds me Sumbanese mamuli - also symbol of fertility.

  But I know that 8 hours from Tanah Toraja there is some other mountain tribe, I met a person who visited them 5 years ago and at that time they were animists and wore almost no clothes at all. Very almost :). Maybe from there or from some other central area.
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  Kathleen McCabe-Elsey March 28, 2011 at 5:37am

  Hi Sveltana - my reference is the Splendor of Ethnc Jewels - pg 204 - "Pendants from Sulawesi. The uses of taiganja vary from region to region. Beleived to have considerable supernatural power, these pendants are kept in treasure chests and brought out only for special occasions".
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  Kathleen McCabe-Elsey March 28, 2011 at 5:46am

  also look at this link: fertility sculptures
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  Svetlana Sysoeva March 28, 2011 at 8:05am

  So it IS Toraja.

  They still have strong animistic beliefs. I wrote an article about Funeral Ceremony in Tana Toraja, but we didn't talk about fertility at that moment. Nothing can surprise me after I have seen a wooden sculpture belonging to one of our siberian ethnic groups that looked exactly like a sculpture from - wow - Sulawesi, Indonesia. Even though they commented that sulawesian one was most likely made by balinese craftmen for Sulawesi

  Thank you for the web-site, more information to learn
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  Svetlana Sysoeva March 28, 2011 at 8:06am

  PS. Just noticed - sorry, I don't say 'hi' at the beginning. I guess it's language differences