Specifications

• Wide: 7,3 cm.
• Material: gold
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: ani-ani
• Price realised: HK$ 14.025,- (€ 1.680,-)

Provenance

Bonham’s Hong Kong, 11-10-2019, lot 1094

Publications

Ref.: Carpenter, Bruce W. (2012), Ethnic Jewellery from Indonesia, pp. 196-97.

Exhibitions

Additional information

The archaic omega, found on so many ornaments in ISEA , combined with a double spiral. Worn around the neck and believed to possess protective power.

Photo credits

Bonham’s HK