Mamuli Indonesia, East Sumba, early 19th–20th century Ear pendants or Mamuli were part of the store of sacred heirlooms, along with textiles and porcelains, handed down through the noble families of the island of Sumba, at the eastern end of the Indonesian Island chain. Mamuli served as amulets, brides wealth goods and ritual objects that mediated between the human world and the world of ancestral spirits (Marapu). They were brought out only rarely, on special occasions such as a funeral, for fear that their great powers would bring havoc and disaster to those who saw them.