DepartmentAsia

Tau Tau

NameAncestral Figure

CultureToraja people

Date19th century (?)

Place madeSouth Sulawesi, Sulawesi, INDONESIA, Southeast Asia, ASIA

MediumWood, paint, shell or bone

Dimensions16 x 7 in. (40.64 x 17.78 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.2510

Object numberA.1995.93.2510

Collections

DescriptionHead ofTau-Tau (ancestral figure fragment). A smooth egg-shaped head with large ears and close set eyes; wood; handcarved and painted.

c. 1910

Darío Soteno Léon

1997

CA 1960, STAFF

CA 1960, STAFF

CA 1960, STAFF

CA 1960, STAFF

María del Refugio Reyes Hernandez

1997

María del Refugio Reyes Hernandez

1997

ca.1940s

20th century

Alas de Agua Art Collective

2019