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Tongkonan House Model
Tongkonan House Model
Tongkonan House Model
DepartmentAsia

Tongkonan House Model

NameHouse Model
Artist Artist not recorded
CultureToraja
Dateca. mid 20th century
(not assigned)South Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, Asia
Mediumwood, bamboo, pigment
DimensionsH: 28.25” W: 33.5” D: 8.5”
Credit LineGift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Object numberA.2025.29.14
Collections
Provenanceex. coll. Ralph T. Coe [came to Coe Center upon his passing in 2010]. Bought by Mr. Dale in late 1997, from an Indonesian resident of Albuquerque.
DescriptionA house model of a Tongkonan characterized by its notable boat or saddle shaped roof.
Bull Head for House
Bull Head for House
Artist not recorded
c. 1930
Oxcart Decoration
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Early 20th c.
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early – mid 20th century
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The Officials of Earth and Water
The Officials of Earth and Water
Zhao Rong Fang
May 10, 1899
Wedge Weave
Wedge Weave
c. 1885
Thobe
Thobe
Artist not recorded
ca. 1925
“Bida Cloth” (woman’s weave)
“Bida Cloth” (woman’s weave)
Artist not recorded
ca. 1960s
BUILDING, MODEL
BUILDING, MODEL
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
Building, Model
Building, Model
CA 1960, STAFF
Building series, houses with patios and domestic scenes
Building series, houses with patios and domestic scenes
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1965
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