Two Swords, Toraja, South Sulawesi Highlands, Indonesia, (early…
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Two Swords, Toraja, South Sulawesi Highlands, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood, steel, rope and rattan, 65.4 cm; 66.3 cm long (2). Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1970s

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