Sheath
49-31-39B
From: Bali (uncertain) | Java (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 49-31-39B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balinese |
| Provenience | Bali (uncertain) | Java (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Painted wooden sheath. Top (wrangka) kidney-shaped at one end and with a straight, squared-off bottom at the other. Two vertical ridges, one face. Body of sheath (gandar) painted with sinuous stem with regularly branching leaves (rinceau), bursting at top (on wrangka) into orange flowers with cross-hatched bottoms and round-tipped stamens. |
| Length | 44 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Anton S. Lau, 1949 |
| Other Number | 29-J-67 - Other Number |
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