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16187

From: Johore | Malay Peninsula

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 16187
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Johore | Malay Peninsula
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Heavy hardwood, dark brown.Turned on lathe, with resulting grooves. Almost disc-shaped, with flat circumference, rounded knob on top, longish fat point projecting from bottom. Berembang jantong. Originally two hanks of string with tops 16184-16190.

Length 10 cm
Width 9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the Sultan of Johore (through his agent Rounsevelle Wildman), 1893
Other Number 4 - Other Number

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