Native Name | Gasong |
Object Number | P1565 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minangkebau |
Provenience | Sumatra | Batu Sangkar |
Date Made | 1901 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Metal | Wood |
Description | Cylindrical wooden shaft with a twisted channel carved along the entire length. A cylindrical wooden sleeve rotates down the shaft along the channel. One end has a rectangular wooden base and the opposite end has a metal spike inserted into the wood shaft. Metal ring around insertion of point. Gasang. |
Length | 56 cm |
Width | 5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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