Charm
P1418
From: Sumatra | Komering Agong (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1418 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lampong |
| Provenience | Sumatra | Komering Agong (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 1901 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Fern |
| Description | Round, concave bottom of a dried leaf of stag horn fern. Dark brown, with deep ribs and jagged cut edge. Near base a hole through which is threaded a braided fiber ring. A species of stag horn fern growing on trunks of trees used as a charm against "toko neuju (muja) or pantinak." Simbau/Simban kenui. |
| Length | 18 cm |
| Width | 17.5 cm |
| Thickness | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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