H x W x D: 7.7 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm (3 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 in)
Type:
Weapon and Armament
Origin:
Java, Indonesia
Provenance:
To 1906
Unidentified owner, Java, to 1906 [1]
From 1906 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Java from an unidentified owner in 1906 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Reserved Wood List, R. 5363, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, this object was purchased in Java as a lot of five [F1906.291-.295].
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
