Antique polychrome Toraja panel

This antique Toraja panel, also called a retablo, is a polychrome piece from the highlands of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its triangular shape, with boards opening out from the top, reproduces the gable of the tongkonan, the ancestral Toraja houses.

The whole surface is covered with spirals carved and painted in red, black, yellow and white, the ritual colors of this culture. At the top a sun appears surrounded by roosters, a symbol of justice and daylight, and at the base buffalo figures stand for prosperity.

At one meter seventy by one forty, it is collectible architectural art for a feature wall. One of a kind.