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Architectural Panels

CultureSa'dan Toraja
Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood and pigment
Dimensions.1 (proper right panel): 28 7/8 × 14 1/2 × 3/4 inches (73.34 × 36.83 × 1.91 cm)
.2 (proper left panel): 28 3/8 × 14 7/8 × 3/4 inches (72.07 × 37.78 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.149.1,2
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPair of Toraja House panels with red, black and white pigments. Each panel contains a large circular motif with a bird on top and facing opposite directions.

Provenance

Collected in Indonesia by James Barker, Santa Fe, NM, by January 24, 1997;

Purchased from James Barker by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), January 24, 1997-2010;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

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