Coin Puppet Charm | Yale University Art Gallery

mid- to late 20th century

Medium: Imitation Chinese coins, plastic, wood, gold paint, and thread
Dimensions: 11 1/2 × 4 × 1/2 in. (29.2 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Christine Kondoleon
Accession Number: 2021.71.2
Geography: Made in Bali, Indonesia
Culture: Bali
Classification: Ritual Objects
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Provenance

Harry Kondoleon (1955–1994), Bali, later New York, by 1978 [see note 1]; bequeathed to his sister Christine Kondoleon, Boston, 1994; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2021

Note 1: Harry Kondoleon completed a homestay studying wayang painting near Ubud in Bali as part of a Watson Fellowship between 1977–1978; he brought the coin puppet back with him to the United States in 1978. (e-mail from Christine Kondoleon to the Gallery, curatorial object file, March 16, 2021)

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