A Toraja sword, plain blade with some pitting, handle carved with chicken motif (adjoining circles), hilt with bands of fine plaited fibre, original wooden scabbard with rattan binding. Early twentieth century or nineteenth century, Sulawesi, Indonesia.…
Bali, handle, buffalo horn modelled in the form of a male figure with a cap, riding on the back of a bearded male figure, both wearing checked sarongs, 13 cm height
Bali, handle, buffalo horn modelled in the form of a crouching nude man wearing a cloth to protect his head, with brass base, 9 cm height. Literature: Donald Friend's Bali, Art Gallery of New South Walesand the Beagle press, Sydney, 1990, cat. 67, p. 43…
Bali, handle, buffalo horn modelled in the form of an owl, 10.5 cm height. Literature: a drawing by Friend of this handle is illustrated in Friend, D., the Cosmic turtle: Batujimbar Bali, Carroll's, Perth, in association with P.T. Bab Bali, 1976, p. 40