Cultural History In Focus | “Houses, Graves and the Limits of Kinship Groupings among the Sa'dan Toraja” by Roxana Waterson

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Houses, Graves and the Limits of Kinship Groupings among the Sa'dan Toraja

by Roxana Waterson

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This article was generously provided by Roxana Waterson.

Vaunted Ancestor Figure from a Mamasa Aristocrat’s House © The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA — Vaunted Ancestor Figure from a Mamasa Aristocrat’s House
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Detail of Sacred Sa’dan Toraja Textile | Mawa' © The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA — Detail of Sacred Sa’dan Toraja Textile | *Mawa'*
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Mamasa House Facade Figures © Museon | The Netherlands — Mamasa House Facade Figures
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Funerary Figure | Tau-Tau © The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA — Funerary Figure | *Tau-Tau*
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Sacred House Divider | Ampang Bilik © The British Museum | United Kingdom — Sacred House Divider | *Ampang Bilik*
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Ancestor Figure from Mamasa House Facade © The Fowler Museum at UCLA | California, USA — Ancestor Figure from Mamasa House Facade
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Sacred Sa’dan Toraja Banner | Sarita © The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA — Sacred Sa’dan Toraja Banner | *Sarita*
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Sacred Sa’dan Toraja Painted Cloth | Mawa’ © The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA — Sacred Sa’dan Toraja Painted Cloth | *Mawa’*
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Ceremonial Sa’dan Toraja Shield | Baluang © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen | The Netherlands — Ceremonial Sa’dan Toraja Shield | *Baluang*
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Shroud or Ceremonial Hanging | Papori To Noling © Yale University Art Gallery | Connecticut, USA — Shroud or Ceremonial Hanging | *Papori To Noling*
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Ceremonial Sa’dan Toraja Shield | Baluang © The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA — Ceremonial Sa’dan Toraja Shield | *Baluang*
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Funerary Figure | Tau-Tau © Honolulu Museum of Art | Hawaii, USA — Funerary Figure | *Tau-Tau*
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Roxana Waterson

Roxana Waterson is a social anthropologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, where she has been teaching since 1987. She has done fieldwork since 1978 with the Sa'dan Toraja people of Sulawesi, Indonesia about whom she has recently published a monograph, Paths and Rivers: Sa’dan Toraja Society in Transformation.

Her publications also include The Living House: An Anthropology of Architecture in Southeast Asia, The Architecture of South-East Asia through Travellers’ Eyes and Southeast Asian Lives: Personal Narratives and Historical Experience. She has written extensively on the topics of vernacular architecture, landscape and social memory.

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Author | © Roxana Waterson
Publication | Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 151, no: 2, Leiden, 194-217
Publisher | KITLV
Year of Publication | 1995

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