Pendant with Cockatoos Riding Deer

CultureEast Sumba Island peoples
Titles
  • Pendant with Cockatoos Riding Deer
Datec. 19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumCast and hammered gold
Dimensions3 × 2 3/4 × 5/8 in. (7.6 × 7 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2006.544
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
208M Mullins Gallery
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Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, California, before 2006]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.

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