Toraja sculptural column

This Toraja carved column, two meters tall, is a sculptural piece from the highlands of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Diamonds and geometric bands in orange, ochre and black run along the wood, and at the top and bottom human figures appear carved in relief, guardians that protected the family house.

Toraja columns were part of the structure of the ancestral houses and rice granaries, and their carvings expressed the rank and history of each family.

Mounted on its base, it stands as a vertical sculpture of great presence for a double-height entrance hall, a lobby or a feature wall. One of a kind.