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Model toraja tribal house
Artist:
TORAJA
Medium: Wood, reed/bark, nails, plastic string, string, paint
Dimensions:
H: 18 11/16 in. (47.5 cm)
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. David Nalin
Object number: 2006.2.76
DescriptionModel home made of woods, placed on wooden base. Very large u-shaped roof made of pieces of rounded reed/bark strips placed on top of one another. Supported by wooden strips underneath, 2 wooden poles outside of house, and house itself. House has one bottom outside level with hollow but enclosed with small rectangular windows. Carved bull head hangs over entrance from roof. Patterns painted in red, white, orange in black appear throughout wood, which is also carved in many places. Cross-like wood carvings hang from roof bottom, and 4 bull-horn-like carvings are nailed to pole in front of entrance. Fastened with string, clear string, nails. Verticle white lines carved/painted around sides of base.
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