19th century
Indo-Pacific Art
This gable ornament was carved with a crocodile face.
Wood with coconut shell
21 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (54 × 21 × 19 cm)base: 10 3/16 × 7 15/16 × 17 1/2 in. (25.8 × 20.2 × 44.5 cm)
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2012.30.135
Made in Tanimbar, Moluccas, Indonesia
Tanimbar
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