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Loan Object
Photo by Johan Vipper
Photo credit: Johan Vipper
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
Geography:
Made in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Toraja
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
