Sheath
49-31-25B
From: Indonesia | Bali (uncertain) | Java (uncertain) | Jogjakarta (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 49-31-25B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Javanese | Balinese |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Bali (uncertain) | Java (uncertain) | Jogjakarta (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Metal | Wood |
| Description | Sheath with kidney shaped top (wrangka) painted with (on one side) overlapping red-edged green crescents, and (on the other) two Javanese shadow puppet (wayang kulit) figures surrounded by curling tendrils in red on a green background. Body of sheath (gandar) is wood with brass covering (pendok) decorated on front with panels of scrolling vegetation and animals (elephant, etc.) framed by bands of four-petalled flowers. Paint on wrangka peeling, pendok dented. Wrangka does not fit well with body of sheath. |
| Length | 44 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Anton S. Lau, 1949 |
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