Title
Bracelets
Year/Period
19th century
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 3.0 x 9.6 x 8.9 cm
Accession No.
2019-00095
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Connolly.
Ivory has special significance for the peoples of East Nusa Tenggara as it is extremely rare. These bracelets were prized heirlooms which were passed down from generation to generation. Elephants have been extinct since pre-historic times in Eastern Indonesia. As such ivory would have traditionally been obtained by trade from Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and Mainland Southeast Asia.
