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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Marc & Elena Pinto Collection
• Sale Date:
  20 May 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  127
• Lot Description:
  A Mandau Hilt
  Indonesia (late nineteenth-early twentieth century)
  carved antler and woven rattan
  12 cm high
• Provenance:
  The Marc and Elena Pinto Collection, Perth
• Notes:
  An antler hilt that displays within it, abstract Aso dragon dog mystical figures, a symbol of protection from the underworld. The handle itself is finely plaited with fine rattan "krowit". Mandau Hilt often shows status symbols and very often intricately carved, no two are alike, the dayaks always added they personal influences with artistic freedom and imagination. This is the reason why dayak art is one of the most complex within Indonesia and Oceania due to its dimensional and abstract nature.
• Estimate:
  A$1,800 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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