~2.6m Sacred Pole~MASSIVE ! Carved Tree trunk~Ironwood Authentic Artifact Taboo & deity ceremony Borneo Dayak Start Price USD 4,900.00 Current Price USD 4,900.00 Time Left 24 days 23 hours 16 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, September 18, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Location Sarawak, Borneo See more about '~2.6m Sacred Pole~MASSIVE ! Carved Tree trunk~Ironwood' Description Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE!     WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF BORNEO   We specialize in superb quality Borneo tribal art, antiques, collectibles, charms, traditional musical instruments, crafts, and fabrics. 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Borneoartifact item number: TO017Measurement:  Height: 258 cm / 103.5 inchesDiameter: 36 cm / 6.7 inchesWeight: Unknown, I estimate around 130-180 kg / 286.6 - 397 lb, this does not affect the shipping cost as it is calculated on a meter cubic formula.  "Ceremonial poles were carved from single tree trunks, usually of hard wood, by the Orang Ulu-Dayak communities in Belaga, Baram and Kalimantan for their rituals in connection with headhuntings, farmings and initiation for young men in the past."  "Before these people were converted to Christianity, they carved these poles and erected them in front of their longhouses."  During such ceremonies especially the “save”, men who participated in the rituals had to eat plain rice on banana leaves for 5 consecutive days, to abstain from any contact with women or indulge in any act that would provoke the deities protecting them. By observing such taboo, it was believed that the men would strengthen their souls, and make the brave in battles, as well as, to ask the deities for good harvests and for protection of the longhouse community from evil spirits.  These ceremonial poles have a range of height of 1 foot to several meters tall. It took 4 man to move this sacred pole from Kalimantan to the shop, imagine how heavy that would be!!! The entire pole is carved from a single Billion/Ironwood tree trunk, the rarest and hardest wood in the world. Critics are suggesting the pole to have been carved back in the 1960s-70s. Rich patina on one side(darker color) of the pole is rather unique suggesting very few sunlight there, and the other side seems normal with very few effect from neither sun nor rain. The pole from top is adorn with four Dayak man uplifting the "Throne of Petara" / Spirit realm, center decorated with 4 Dayak ladies in their traditional "Kalambi" jacket, and bottom,  large carvings of two Dayak warrior in full male "Karambi(note one of the warrior is decorated with "Bunga Terung" tattoo---flowers just below his shoulder, only head hunters in Borneo have this back then.)There are no complains to the entire pole, definitely no insects or termites, I really feel the photos quality are far far FAR away from what the actual pole is like in real life, it looks fantastic with your own eyes, I'm sorry the photos came out this way as it was taken right inside the shop with very limited lighting. Shipping are as below:Shipping method and pricing: Stated shipping via LCL/ Container service by cubic metre. Item is estimated to be 1 cubic meter after packing and it cost USD540 to be shipped by LCL to Los Angeles port. To other countries or other port please email me before bidding so that I can give you a good quotation! You can combine shipping with doors and totems and using LCL it will be very much cheaper! please email me for combine shipping using LCL.Los Angeles Port USD540 for 1 cubic meter USD740 for 2 cubic meter USD940 for 3 cubic meter   San Francisco Port USD590 for 1 cubic meter USD810 for 2 cubic meter USD1030 for 3 cubic meterPlease view photos below to appreciate, thanks!                                 Add me to your Favorites list   Shipping - Courier and registered air. Price stated in this listing is by Air (Courier or registered air). For Courier services we use OCS (www.ocstracking.com), DHL (www.dhl.com) or TNT (www.tnt.com) depending on the destination country. Buyer can easily track their items at the website given above. 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To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. On Jul-23-08 at 01:48:49 PDT, seller added the following information: Place a Bid!