Scales

P1379

From: Sumatra | Komering Agong

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1379
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lampong
Provenience Sumatra | Komering Agong
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Coconut Shell | Wood | Plant Fiber
Description

Timbangan [scales]. Two shallow coconut shell bowls, each suspended by three red strings from a bow-shaped wooden crosspiece.

Height 29.5 cm
Width 31 cm
Outside Diameter 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901

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