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Loan Object
Photo by Johan Vipper
Photo credit: Johan Vipper
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19th century
Bamboo, wood, rattan and wire
32.5 × 9.5 cm (12 13/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
base (unknown): 10 × 30 × 4 cm(3 15/16 × 11 13/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
base (unknown): 10 × 30 × 4 cm(3 15/16 × 11 13/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2012.30.560
Geography:
Made in Borneo, Indonesia
Culture:
Kayan
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Arms and Armor
Provenance:
Ex-collection: F. Coppens, Brussels
Bibliography:
Jan B. Ave, Borneo: Les Dayak dans la collection François Coppens (Soloutré-Pouilly, France: Musée départemental de préhistoire de Solutré, 1996), 15.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
