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BORNÉO, KALIMANTAN, GRANDES ILES DE LA SONDE, INDONÉSIE PREMIÈRE MOITIÉ DU

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BORNÉO, KALIMANTAN, GRANDES ILES DE LA SONDE, INDONÉSIE PREMIÈRE MOITIÉ DU XXe SIÈCLE
Crowning of House Dayak Brightly painted
hardwood, whose twists and turns recall the repertoire of Dayak motifs, both those of tattoos that the Dayak inflict on themselves and those of the aso, the mythical animal that is both dog and snake that protects the community.
One must have seen these very long Dayak houses
on stilts, in which several dozen families, including parents, grandparents and children, can live separately and simultaneously in close proximity, summoned to the edge of the roof by these immense garlands of wood teeming with colour.
H. 150 cm