Gold Ornament, 'Mase', Tanimbar

Thomas Murray ~ Asiatica

Chief’s Heirloom Ornament, Mase
25.8 gr

This nobleman’s gold pendant is well documented in a photograph dating from a century ago by the Missionary Petrus Drabbe (1887-1970). We recognize the masquette and see the horn was already broken and rejoined with a local repair at the time of the photo.

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