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Benuaq tomb

• TO 1742
• Benuaq, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia

Benuaq people perform a complicated series of funeral rituals, comprising multiple stages between the death and final repose of the remains. When a person of high social status has died, the bones are exhumed after a provisional burial and placed in a coffin atop a column. The intricate carvings on the coffin show the high status of the dead.