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Loan Object
Public domain

Finial from Throne Cart

mid-18th to 19th century

Cotton; warp ikat

bird: 95 × 35 cm (37 3/8 × 13 3/4 in.) wings: 133 × 39 cm (52 3/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Robert J. Holmgren and Anita E. Spertus Collection, Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2019.12.382a-c
Geography: 
Made in Sumatra, Indonesia
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Lampung, Abung
Period: 
18th–19th century
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Ex-collection: Robert J. Holmgren and Anita E. Spertus, New York.

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