Object Number | 48-2-39B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Javanese |
Provenience | Java (uncertain) |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Metal |
Description | Kidney-shaped top (wrangka) of light colored wood with darker mottling. One side about 2/3 covered by an oval brass (?) plate, centered above the body of the sheath, with a large face in high relief. Face identified by Groneman as "Bonaspati, [a] terrifying god of the forest." |
Length | 44 cm |
Width | 16 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
Other Number | L-2-362B - Old Loan Number |
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