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Loan Object
Photo by Johan Vipper
Photo credit: Johan Vipper
Explore image in Funerary Effigy (Tau Tau)
19th century
Wood
Component A, head: 80 × 25 × 20 cm (31 1/2 × 9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Component B, body: 150 × 39 × 15 cm (59 1/16 × 15 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
component C, proper right arm: 9 × 8 × 56 cm (3 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)
component D, proper left arm: 8 ×
Component B, body: 150 × 39 × 15 cm (59 1/16 × 15 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
component C, proper right arm: 9 × 8 × 56 cm (3 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)
component D, proper left arm: 8 ×
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2012.30.144
Geography:
Made in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Culture:
Toraja
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Sculpture
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