Sheath
49-31-17B
From: Indonesia | Java | Jogjakarta
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 49-31-17B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Javanese |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Java | Jogjakarta |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Metal | Wood |
| Description | Sheath with kidney-shaped top (wrangka) of light colored wood with dark splotches (kaju pelet). Body of sheath is wood with a silver covering (pendok) decorated with medallions (three spaced out on one side and five in a central band on the other) with curling vines and leaves, paired bird heads. |
| Length | 30.5 |
| Width | 13 |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Anton S. Lau, 1949 |
| Other Number | 29-J-727 - Other Number |
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