Belu people. Timor Island, Indonesia.
Cloth, cowry shells, silver coins, bells, beads. Bag only H: 7.5" (19 cm), W: 6.7" (17 cm).
This bag is covered with an interlacing decoration of cowry shells (sewn directly into the cloth) and Dutch East Indies coins
soldered together to form a frame into which the cloth bag is inserted. Other coins are used on the strap and as a decoration, sewn
with beads to the bottom of the bag. There are additional beads sewn into the top rim of the bag.
Ex: Anthony F.Granucci collection, San Francisco. Author of "The Art of the Lesser Sundas". By descent from family.
Published in The Art of the Lesser Sundas, page150, plate 86.
For price or additional information, please email your request, with inventory number and title description, to: majtribal@gmail.com.