Large Vintage Lola-Lola bracelet from Sulawesi

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Large Vintage Lola-Lola bracelet from SulawesiA SYMBOL OF GREAT IMPORTANCE This stunning piece was hand crafted by local artisans on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, made with ancient techniques sometime during the mid 1900s in brass, fabric, natural fiber and onyx. It's the only piece of this kind and size in our collection today. Bracelets like these were worn during ceremonies and funerals by women from the community of indigenous people residing in the Mamasa Regency in West Sulawesi. The

SYMBOLS OF GOOD LUCK

With the shell’s strong mythological importance they were considered to be the links between the human and the spiritual world

The set of 3 feathers: heights vary between around 43 - 75cm tall with the stand

Marapu is the animistic religion practiced in Sumba

considered an act of virtue or charity called Almsgiving

Dimensions 17cm wide x stand heights that vary between 27 - 32cm

20 x 26cm diameter

complete on metal stands and their stories printed out for you inside a beautiful envelope

5 - 68cm with the stand

Since ancient times Marapu is the major animistic/ancestral religion practiced in Sumba

Dimensions 17cm wide by 27 and 32cm high

He often went to sleep anywhere he could