Loan Object
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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 × 8 × 60 cm
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2012.30.144
Culture: 
Toraja
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Sculpture
Geography: 
Made in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Status: 
Not on view
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