Headwear and breastplate worn in ritual.
Source: David Loram
An exhibition about the rituals practised by the East Timorese community in Victoria.
Personal stories and reflections of people from the East Timorese community are shared and featured objects include a silver breast plate and head piece worn by elders during ceremonial peace, a silver jewellery box with an ancestral worship home on top, jewellery associated with ancestors, timber statues representing ancestors, hand woven baskets and East Timorese fabrics.