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VII. Later ancestors Because of their very nature statues of the first ancestors (and their 'assistants') were only made in small quantities, but this does not apply to smaller sculptures of later ancestors. In the museum's collection there are dozens of examples from the Southeast Moluccan islands. These statuettes can be roughly divided into two categories: figures which stood in a fixed, permanent place and figures which were 'worn' on the body or carried in a bag. We will look at a few characteristic examples of both categories from western and eastern Maluku Tenggara. | |
