Sheath
49-31-16B
From: Indonesia | Java | Jogjakarta
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 49-31-16B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Javanese |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Java | Jogjakarta |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Metal | Wood |
| Description | Sheath with ship shaped top (wrangka) of rich brown wood with dark striated grain. Wood body of sheath (gandar) has brass cover (pendok) with open window on front filled by insert with openwork pattern of foliage and birds, set off by a silver colored panel underneath. Mismarked 49-31-18. Top and body of sheath separate, but seem to fit together. |
| Length | 46 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Anton S. Lau, 1949 |
| Other Number | 29-J-726 - Other Number |
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