Charm

P1418

From: Sumatra | Komering Agong (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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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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