House Ornament
P1510
From: Sumatra | Batu Sangkar
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1510 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minangkebau |
| Provenience | Sumatra | Batu Sangkar |
| Date Made | 1901 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Carved board from house front. Rectangular wooden board, deeply carved in criss-cross bands forming diamonds in which are leafy fleur de lis-like decorations. Bands at ends incised with zig-zag lines. Traces of red pigment. Weathered and warped. |
| Length | 83 cm |
| Width | 24.5 cm |
| Thickness | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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