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LOT 2326
Indonesian Tau Tau Funerary Wooden Head
TORAJA PEOPLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/8 in. (352 grams, 20.7 cm).
Carved in the round with large almond-shaped eyes, cruciform channels to upper face and rear, pierced attachment peg beneath. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Central Sulewesi.
Ex private Surrey, UK, ethnographic collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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