Model Torajan Spirit House Allen Grimes

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In 1818 the French explorers  Freycinet records the following in Shark Bay

s house post finial featuring ancestor spirit carved int a heavy dense wood

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Model Torajan Spirit House Allen GrimesA polychromed wood and bamboo model of a Torajan spirit house 20th century; Torajan Peoples, Sulawesi, Indonesia Appears unmarked The model traditional house of the Torajan Peoples with a dramatic, saddle backed bamboo roof, two gable ends sloping to a central section, and narrow windows, the lower structure elaborately carved and painted with scrollwork and geometric motifs 35" H x 8. 5" W x 39" D Provenance: The Estate of Oscar and Barbara