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TRIBAL FETISH - CHARMS - SHAMANISTIC
If the people of Timor were a tree, then Christianity would be a successful graft and Animism the root system that sustains them.
clay lime container

Shaman's Jar - Highland Atoni People - West Timor Hane Village -Amanuban District - South Central Timor

665 grams

7" X 3" X 3"

This unusual container has been carved from fossilized coral stone and covered with a clay. It provides cool, dry storage impervious to pests

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