Abstract
In this chapter the symbols will be discussed which are manifestations of the Toraja’s material culture, symbols which they themselves fashion in wood, stone or some other medium.
“Hail to this soil, rich with blessings! It is soil spread out like an old woven cloth with seleng motifs...”
(Merok: 187)
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Nooy-Palm, H. (1979). Material Symbols. In: The Sa’dan-Toraja. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7150-4_8
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