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Item-Number: | 841001 |
Item-Description: | Kroe iron receptacle or Pesihungan in the form of the mythical Nagga |
Medium: | Iron |
Origin: | South Sumatra - Kroe |
Dimensions: | Length 76 cm |
Age: | pre 1700 |
Provenance: | Collected Sumatra 1984 |
Condition: | Weathered patina |
Notes: | Used in the South Sumatran (Lampung) coming of age ritual of tooth filing and blackening. Form is known to have influenced European modern art of the early 1900's c.f. Picasso. |