Head of Tau tau, Indonesia, Toraja Peoples
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Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1930: Item # 1206246
Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1930: Item # 1206246
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Head of funerary statue or effigy, of minimalist shape. Weathered wood, with shell eyes. Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Toraja Peoples. Height: 12" (30 cm). The head is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Very good condition. NOTE 1: The Toraja have this particularly interesting tradition of carving in wood funerary images of the deceased. These figures are kept in galleries or balconies beside the coffins in which high-ranking or noble or wealthy people are buried. NOTE 2: Publications: "The Eloquent Dead - Ancestral Sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia" Edited by Jerome Feldmart, UCLA Museum of Cultural History, 1985.
Head of funerary statue or effigy, of minimalist shape. Weathered wood, with shell eyes. Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Toraja Peoples. Height: 12" (30 cm). The head is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Very good condition. NOTE 1: The Toraja have this particularly interesting tradition of carving in wood funerary images of the deceased. These figures are kept in galleries or balconies beside the coffins in which high-ranking or noble or wealthy people are buried. NOTE 2: Publications: "The Eloquent Dead - Ancestral Sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia" Edited by Jerome Feldmart, UCLA Museum of Cultural History, 1985.
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