Object: Ceremonial seat for a high-ranking warrior, possibly a symbolic ancestral seat for festivals Culture and time: Borneo, Kalimantan East, Dayak, Kayan, 19th/beginning of 20th century. Special seats were used at gawaiian festivals as a badge of rank and status for high-ranking warriors. Usually the Dayak sit at ground level on rattan mats. Chairs or stools might have only appeared in Indonesia in the course of the last centuries under Muslim influence, because they are not to be found on Hindu-Javanese temple friezes.  Gawai Dayak, annual festivals, which could last several weeks, were held on various occasions such as [...]

Object: Necklace (chief's necklace) Culture and time: Malaysia, Borneo, Northwest, Dayak, Iban or Kenyah, 19th century This necklace represents a relatively rare type of male jewellery, which is known by the Maloh and Iban, but is less common by the upstream Dayak (orang ulu). Very similar necklaces are also known among the Igorot groups on Luzon, the Lumad groups on Mindanao, the Batak on Sumatra, the Miao and Yu in China and in East Indonesia. This indicates that this is an old metal age Austronesian form of jewellery.  The necklace consists of 64 cast and chased brass or bronze [...]