Timor power horn

Under the Bo gallery

Ceremonial man' shoulder ornament. Carved buffalo horn, a symbolic dugong tusk is added, made of silver and inlaid with coins and glass beads; a hand-woven cotton belt is sewn with small cowrie shells.
Atoni or Tetum culture, Besikama district South Belu region, West Timor, Indonesia.
19th century.
Horn: 33 cm long.
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$1,480.00

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