Torajan Sword

CultureMamasa Torajan

Dateearly 20th century

MediumWood, metal, and rattan

DimensionsOverall: 27 × 1 3/4 × 1 inches (68.58 × 4.45 × 2.54 cm)
.1 (sword): 25 7/8 × 3 × 3/4 inches (65.72 × 7.62 × 1.91 cm)
.2 (sheath): 20 3/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 inches (51.75 × 4.45 × 2.54 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025

Object number2025.56.151.1,2

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DescriptionThe sheath is wrapped in rattan strips divided between woven rattan at different registers along the sheath. The blade is metal with a wooden handle containing carved motifs.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Eye Opener. The Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts. Santa Fe NM, 2018.

Provenance

With Kania-Ferrin Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, by 1998;

Purchased from Kania-Ferrin Gallery by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), February 21, 1998-2010;

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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