Tarsier Skull Amulet | Yale University Art Gallery

19th century

On view, 3rd floor, Indo-Pacific Art

Medium: Animal skull with resin, beads, and stone
Dimensions: 4 5/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/4 in. (11 × 4 × 4.5 cm)
base: 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/16 in. (4 × 4 × 3 cm)
Credit Line: Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
Loan number: ILE2012.30.320
Geography: Made in Indonesia
Culture: Borneo
Classification: Ritual Objects
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Provenance

First known collector: Tilburg Mission, 1924-1926. Ex-collection: E. Deletaille, Brussels; Tilburg Mission, Tilburg Netherlands.

Bibliography

Jouke van der Werff and Jan B. Ave, Kalimantan, Mythe en Kunst (Delft, Netherlands: Indonesisch Ethnografisch Museum Delft, 1973), 151, 154, no. 327

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Object/Work type

amulets

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