Specifications

• Height: 70 cm.
• Material: wood, iron, metal, lime
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 1.200 NS

Provenance

Erwin & Susanne Melcherdt, Vienna; Zemanek, Würzburg 12-4-2025, lot 404

Publications

Barnes, Ruth (2004), Ostindonesien im 20. Jahrhundert, p. 270fig. 648.

Exhibitions

Additional information

This sword ascribed to Timor is from Alor island. The present example misses the tufts of hair to the right and on top of the handle, which is shaped as a horse’s head. Some addings are not traditional the bells and a piece of unknown material added to the horse’s mouth.

Photo credits

Thomas Lother&Volker Thomas