Man's head ornament (sanggori)

This serpentine ornament (sanggori) was used for various purposes among the people of central Sulawesi. Most commonly it was attached to a textile wound around men's heads during ceremonial occasions. Sanggori were also attached to funerary masks during "secondary" burial. The practice of exhuming human bones and reinterring them, often in sarcophagi, was once widely practiced in Southeast Asia. The secondary burial was marked with elaborate ceremonies, and could signify the end of the period of mourning. Priests also wore sanggori when performing rituals to heal individuals or invoke rain.