Pectoral disc "mas bulan"

Indonesia - West or Central Timor

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Provenance

Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Size

D: 12 cm

D: 4.7 inch

Description

brass, hammered and embossed disc, adorned with a crescent moon “kae bauk”

These disc-shaped ornaments are associated with celestial bodies and form an important part of a warrior’s costume in much of eastern Indonesia.

Wittich, Ute, Schönheit und Magie, Hirnsturm 2008, p. 147

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