Subject: to kapua 'big man' warrior
Setting: anti-colonial resistance, Sulawesi highlands late 19th - mid-20thc
Object: sanggori head ornament
* Dallas Museum of Art > Pacific Islands
"Serpent-form headdress ornament (sanggori)
Serpent-form headdress ornament (sanggori) with human figure
Indonesia: Central Sulawesi, Palu or Kulawi area 19th century Brass ...
The bold spiral of the serpent-form headdress ornament called sanggori is at once vigorous and elegant. The sanggori is often described as a magical armor against physical and mystical forces. The bright gleam of its highly polished surface was thought to blind rival warriors and exorcize demons. The ornament was sometimes inserted in the top of a funeral mask, and in certain areas it was worn by aristocratic men and women during ritual dances."
* Dallas Museum of Art > Connecting Cultures
"Serpent-form headdress ornament (sanggori)
Indonesia: Central Sulawesi, 19th century
Brass ...
The sanggori is often described as a kind of magical armor against physical and mystical forces. The bright gleam of its highly polished surface was thought to blind rival warriors and exorcise demons. The ornament was sometimes inserted in the top of a funeral mask. In some areas it was worn by aristocratic men and women during ritual dances."
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Oceania
"Head Ornament (Sanggori)
Toraja people, central Sulawesi Island, Indonesia,
late 19th-early 20th century.
Copper alloy"
