Our catalogue > Indonesia & the Malay World

Here you will find antique objects from the Islamic and Malay worlds of Southeast Asia – the arts of Indonesia, Malaysia, the southern Philippines & southern Thailand. But also, Bali and Borneo.

Textiles from Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, can be found in our Textiles section.

Most items have been sourced from within the UK, often from old colonial-era collections.

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Pair of Yellow Satin Malay Wedding Bed Bolster Covers each with a Pair Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
circa 1920

length of each bolster when filled: 100cm, diameter of each tekat panel: 15cm

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collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.

6050

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Malaysian Silver & Gold Bowl Presented to Prime Minister Harold Wilson

Malaysia, probably Kelantan
1960s-early 1970s

diameter: 25.5cm, height: 13cm, weight: 493g

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Presented to Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the United Kingdom; from the estate of Lady Wilson, the former Prime Minister's wife.

6184

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Fine, Carved Hippopotamus Ivory & Horn Tumbok Lada Dagger

North Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 34cm, weight: 475g

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Provenance

private English collection; private Japanese collection.

5700

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Dutch Colonial Silver Filigree Box & Cover

Dutch Colonial Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia
17th-18th century

length: 21.2cm, depth: 14cm, height: 7.4cm, weight: 1,108g

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UK art market

4226

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Rare Dayak Brass Ear Ornaments Showing Swiss-Lutheran Missionary Influence from Basel

Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
early 20th century

lengths: 8cm & 8.3cm, combined weight: 99g

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Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.

6016

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Rare Malay Carved Horn Fire Strikers (Gobek Api) with Lint Nut Containers & Tweezers

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
19th century

length of fire striker: 10.6cm

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UK art market

4871

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Rare Javanese Majapahit-Style Damascene Iron Double Putut Kris Blade with Maker’s Thumb Prints

Java, Indonesia
12th-15th century

length: 28.4cm, width at widest point: 7.2cm, weight: 150g

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Provenance

private collection, UK

5759

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Dayak Beaded Loin Cloth or Cache Sexe

Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
early 20th century

27cm x 16.5cm

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UK art market

5925

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Malay Sword with Horn Hilt & Silver Mounts (Klewang)

Malay Peninsula or Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 87cm, weight: 935g

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UK art market

5434

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Rare Dayak Brass & Trade Bead Necklace

Dayak People, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia
19th century

approximate diameter: 23cm, weight: 1,300g

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

5962

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Rare Dayak Brass Hornbill Bird-Shaped Betel Box with Inlaid Eyes

Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

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Provenance

formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of 'Betel Cutters. from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection' (Thames & Hudson, 1992).

5749

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Pair of Dayak Brass Humanoid Ear Pendants

Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
early 20th century

lengths: 9cm, combined weight: 108g

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UK art market

5816

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Dayak Etched Bamboo Container

Iban (Dayak) People, Borneo, Sarawak, probably the Skrang River region, Malaysia
19th-early 20th century

length: 34cm, diameter: 5.5cm

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Provenance

formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of 'Betel Cutters. from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection' (Thames & Hudson, 1992); acquired from Christie's South Kensington in 2010; in the collection of Trevor Barton prior to that.

5885

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Two Timorese Beaded Lime Containers

Atoni or Dawan people of West Timor, Indonesia
early 20th century

lengths (without tassels): 10.5cm

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Provenance

formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of a book on the betel cutters in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection

3642

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Malay Carved Wooden Box inset with Bone

Malay People, Malay Peninsula
early 20th century

length: 23cm, height: 9cm, depth: 13.4cm

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Provenance

from the estate of an English administrator who served in Malaya in the 1920s, thence by descent.

5415

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Sumatran Minangkabau-Acehnese Wooden Shield with Brass Mounts (Peurise)

West Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

diameter: 24cm

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Provenance

UK art market

5483

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Malay Princely Quail Trap (Jebak Puyuh)

Malay People, Malaysia, probably Terengganu
early to mid-20th century

length: 30.8cm, height: 31cm, depth: 26cm

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UK art market

5889

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Karo Batak Etched Bamboo Lime Container (Tagan)

Karo Batak People, North Sumatra, Indonesia
circa 1900

height: 20.5cm, diameter: 7.6cm

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Provenance

formerly in the collection of Henry Browrigg, author of a book on the betel cutters in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection

5314

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Malay Woman’s Purse of Embroidered Teket Panels

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
circa 1920

length: 14.5cm, height: 9.5cm

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from the estate of an English colonial administrator who was based in Malaya in the 1920s, thence by descent

5157

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Acehnese Bride’s Silver & Suasa Gold Hair Ornament (Leleyang Cemera)

Gayo-Alas People, central Aceh, North Sumatra, Indonesia
19th-early 20th century

height: 15cm, width: 12cm, weight: 89g

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Provenance

private collection, France

5708

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Malay Earthenware Water Flask with Silver Mounts (Labu Ayer)

Malay People, Perak, Malay Peninsula
late 19th or early 20th century

height: 30cm, diameter: 18cm, weight: 1,056g

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Provenance

UK art market

5493

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Rare Set of Javanese Merchant’s Double Doors with Javanese Inscription

Java, Indonesia
late 19th century

heights: 183cm, widths: 74cm & 76cm (incl. shared moulding)

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Provenance

London art market

5310

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Malay Kelingkan Shawl (Kain Selendang)

Malay People, Malaysia
early 20th century

149cm x 66cm

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Provenance

collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.

2237

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Rare Pair of Bugis Gold Cuff Bracelets (Tigero Tedong)

Bugis People, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
19th century

height: 8cm, external diameter at widest point: 9cm, internal diameter at smallest point: 5.7cm, weight: 216g (combined)

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Provenance

private collection

5799

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Dayak Brass Bracelet

Dayak People, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia
early 20th century

external diameter: 10cm, internal diameter: 8cm, weight: 141g

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

5800

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Rare Dayak Bracelet of Hornbill Casque (Beak)

Dayak People, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia
circa 1900

internal diameter: 7.5cm

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Provenance

private collection, UK

4823

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Fine, West Java Woven Betel Container

Singaparna region, West Java, Indonesia
late 19th century-early 20th century

height: 13.5cm, diameter: 12cm

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

3243

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Sumatran Silver-Mounted Klewang

South Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 30cm, weight: 158g

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Provenance

UK art market

2238

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Gold Filigree Minangkabau Gold Bracelet (Galang Gadang)

Minangkabau People, West Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

outside widest diameter: 8.8cm, inside widest diameter: 6cm, width of bezel: 3.5cm, weight: 50g

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private collection

4572

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Batavian Colonial Silver Filigree Tray or Platter

Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia; and possibly India
17th-18th century

length: 42.7cm, width: 24.5cm, height: 3.7cm, weight: 957g

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UK art market

4347

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Unusually Large Silver-Inlaid Brass Betel Box (Lutuan)

Islamic Mindanao, Philippines
early 20th century

height: 18.3cm, length: 34cm, width: 15cm

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UK art market

2829

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Philippines Silver-Inlaid Brass Wedding Vessel (Gadur)

Moro People, Mindanao, Philippines
early 20th century

height: 55cm

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Provenance

private collection, US.

5982

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Balinese Gilt, Silver & Carved Ivory Kris

Bali, Indonesia
early 20th century

full length: 67cm, weight: 907g

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UK art market

5590

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Borneo Cast Bronze Zoomorphic Ritual Kettle

Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo)
18th-19th century

length: 45cm height: 37.5cm, depth: 28cm

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Provenance

UK art market

6002

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Pair of Moroccan Silver Fibula or Cloak Fasteners

Berber People, Anti Atlas Mountains, Morocco
19th century

heights: 16.7cm, widths: 8.3cm, combined weight: 118g

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Provenance

UK art market

5914

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Rare Malay-Riau Chased Pedestal Bowl with Wayang Figures & Hearts

Riau, Indonesia
early 20th century

height: 15.3cm, diameter: 19.4cm,weight: 250g

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Provenance

private collection, UK

5769

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Dayak Carved Wooden Stopper

Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

height (without stand): 10.8cm

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Provenance

Private collection, UK

3575

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Superb Balinese Palace Door & Frame

Bali, Indonesia
18th-early 19th century

height: 178cm, width: 110cm

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Provenance

private collection, Ireland.

321

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Pair of Cast Brass Flasks made for the Malay Market

Minangkabau People, Sumatra, Indonesia
late 19th century

height: 31.5 cm

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Provenance

Dutch antique market

2828

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Philippines Moro Silver-Inlaid Brass Wedding Vessel (Gadur)

Moro People, Mindanao, Philippines
early 20th century

height: 63cm

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private collection, US.

5533

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Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box

Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia
18th century

length: 17.7cm, height: 7.1cm, depth: 12.3cm, weight: 975g

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UK art market

5348

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Malay Jacket (Baju Melayu) of Striped Kain Tenum

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, probably Johor, Malaysia
circa 1900

width from arm to arm: 155cm, length: 71cm

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Provenance

collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.

5299

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Pair of Malay Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
circa 1920

approx. length of embroidered section of each: 24.5cm, height: 8cm

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collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.

5362

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Srivajaya Cast Bronze Image of Four-Armed Kubera

Palembang region, Sumatra, Indonesia
8th-9th century

height (without stand): 12.2cm, height (with stand): 15cm, weight (without stand): 757g

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private collection, London, UK.

5518

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Pair of Malay Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
19th century

approx. width of the embroidered section of each: 19cm, height: 12.4cm

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private collection, UK.

5517

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Pair of Malay Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
19th century

approx. length of embroidered section of each: 21.3cm, height: 14.8cm

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private collection, UK.

1985

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Javanese Gold Wound-Wire Ring

Central or East Java, Indonesia
Protoclassic Period, AD200-700 or later

ring size: N (UK), 6.5 (US), weight: 10.89g

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Provenance

private collection, London.

5363

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Javanese Cast Silver Image of Shiva with Bronze Yoni Base

Java, Indonesia
Classical Period, 9th century

height of Shiva: 8.3cm, ensemble height (with stand): 11.6cm, weight of Shiva: 146g

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Provenance

Private Collection, London, UK.

5364

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Early Javanese Unusually Large Cast Bronze Buddha

Java or Sumatra, Indonesia
Classical Period, 8th century

height (without stand): 21.9cm, width: 17.1cm, depth: 11.8cm, weight: 2,576g

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Private Collection, London, UK.

5361

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Rare Javanese Cast Bronze Image of Twelve-Armed Chunda

Java, Indonesia, Classical Period
Classical Period, 9th century

height: 10.4cm, width: 7.2cm, weight: 549g

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Private collection, London, UK

3933

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Dayak Man’s Ear Ornament (Sabau) of Carved Hornbill Casque (Beak)

Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
19th-early 20th century

height: 4.6cm, length: 10cm, width: 4.2cm, weight: 26.36g

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Provenance

Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.

3944

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Pair of Borneo Man’s Solid Brass Spiral Ear Ornaments

Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo
19th century

diameter: 2cm, combined weight: 72g

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Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.

3932

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Man’s Ear Ornament (Sabau) of Carved Hornbill Casque (Beak)

Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
early 20th century

height: 4.6cm, length: 10.2cm, width: 4.1cm, weight: 51g

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Provenance

Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.

3705

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Batak Raja’s Large Brass Tobacco Pipe (Tulpang)

Batak, North Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 86cm

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UK art market

3945

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Pair of Man’s Solid Brass Spiral Ear Ornaments

Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo
19th century

diameter: 2.6cm, combined weight: 90g

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Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.

3987

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Silver Double Axe Pendant

Central Flores, Eastern Indonesia
18th-19th century

height: 6.2cm, width: 7.3cm, weight: 15.4g

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Dutch antique market; private Dutch collection; acquired previously in the Netherlands

3957

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Balinese Repoussed & Chased Silver Offering Bowls

Bali, Indonesia
early 20th century

heights: 4.5cm, diameters: 11.6cm, combined weight: 211g

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Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of ethnographica mostly from Borneo and Indonesia.

3943

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Pair of Borneo Man’s Solid Brass Spiral Ear Ornaments

Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo
19th century

diameter: 3.5cm, combined weight: 180g

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Provenance

Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of ethnographica mostly from Borneo and Indonesia.

4651

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Damascened Sword with Carved Ivory Hilt

Bali, Indonesia
18th century

length (in scabbard): 57.5cm

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Provenance

UK art market

4657

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Kris with Gilded Silver Hilt

Bali, Indonesia
early 20th century

total length: 56.5cm, length of hilt: 12.2cm, total weight: 576g

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UK art market

3222

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Gilded & Polychrome Carved Wooden Element

Bali, Indonesia
19th century

height: 46cm, width: 19cm

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Provenance

collected in the 1950s by Professor Bengt Hager (1916-2011) and Lilavati Devi (c. 1925-2002) of Sweden; thence by descent.

3030

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Rare Malay Brass Lidded Vessel in Thai Style

Northern Malay Peninsula
circa 1900

height: 34cm

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Provenance

UK art market

3725

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Rare Iban Dayak Mandau or Parang Ilang Sword

Iban Dayak People, Saribas Region, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia
19th century

length: 72cm

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UK art market

3988

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Silver Double Axe Pendant (Taka)

Central Flores, Eastern Indonesia
18th-19th century

height: 6.5cm, width: 9cm, weight: 19g

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Provenance

Dutch antique market; private Dutch collection; acquired previously in the Netherlands.

2681

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Inscribed Peranakan Chinese Silver Ritual Ewer

Peranakan Chinese Community, Java, Indonesia
circa 1920

height: 12cm, weight: 151g

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Provenance

private collection, London, UK.

1580

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Malay-Minangkabau Brass Cast Kendi

Minangkabau, Sumatra, Indonesia
circa 1900

height: 29cm, length: 30cm

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Provenance

UK art market

1538

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Malay Dagger (Tumbok Lada) with Parrot-shaped Horn Hilt

Malay, Malaysia
early 20th century

length: 34cm, weight: 199g

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Provenance

UK art market

2161

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Polychrome & Wood Javanese Wayang Klitik Puppet of an Arab Merchant

East Java, Indonesia
circa 1900

height: 40cm

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Provenance

UK art market.

2109

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Malay Cast Brass Spittoon (Ketur)

Kelantan, Malaysia
19th century

height: 9.4cm, diameter: 14.5cm, weight: 894g

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

3548

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Six Malay Chased Silver Bowls (Batil) and Matching Dishes (Pinggin)

Malay Peninsula
late 19th century

height: of each bowl: 4.8cm, diameter of each bowl: 10.5cm, diameter of each plate: 14.4cm, combined weight: 588g

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Provenance

UK art market

1503

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Chased Silver Beaker

Java, Indonesia
circa 1920-30

height: 8.1cm, weight: 71g

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Provenance

UK art market

327

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Minangkabau-Malay Brass Water Ewer or Kettle (Kendi)

Sumatra/Malay Peninsula
circa 1850

height: 27 cm

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Provenance

UK art market

314

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Engraved Malay Brass Betel or Tobacco Box

Malay Peninsular
19th century or earlier

length: 16.4 cm; width: 8.7 cm; height: 6.6 cm

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Provenance

UK art market

1122

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Brass Malay/Minangkabau Cash Box

Minangkabau people, Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 22cm, width: 24.5cm, height: 15.5cm

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Provenance

UK art market

3229

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Colonial Batavian Silver & Gilt Betel Box Set

Batavia, Dutch East Indies
early 19th century

length of box: 21.3cm, depth: 13.6cm, height: 7cm, combined weight: 1,159g

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Provenance

UK art market

3218

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Malay Kris with Jawa Demam Hippopotamus Ivory Hilt & Gold & Gilded Silver Mounts

Malay Peninsula, probably Terengganu
18th-19th century

length: 35.3cm, weight: 353g

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Provenance

UK antique market

2745

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Malay Kris with Fine Blade & Silver Mounts

Sumatra or Malay Peninsula
19th century and earlier

length: 46cm

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Provenance

UK art market

3587

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Fine Malay Sewar Dagger with Hippopotamus Ivory & Engraved Silver Mounts

Sumatra/Malay Peninsula
19th century

length: 32cm, weight: 211g

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Provenance

UK art market

2245

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Bugis Gold & Silver Betel Box

Bugis People, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
19th century

length: 25.5cm, width: 11.1cm, height: 9.5cm, weight: 724g

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

2106

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Indonesian Engraved Silver Betel/Tobacco Box with Engraved Gold Plaque

Sumatra, Indonesia
18th-19th century

length: 10.4cm, width: 4.8cm, height: 4.1cm, weight: 147g

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Provenance

private collection

3520

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Dutch Colonial Silver Filigree Heart-Shaped Box

Dutch East Indies, possibly Batavia or Sumatra
18th century

length: 7cm, width: 5.5cm, height: 2.5cm, weight: 91g

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Provenance

UK art market

2708

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Large Indonesian Cast Brass Lime Container

Toba Batak People, North Sumatra, Indonesia
circa 1900

diameter of sphere: 11.2cm

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Provenance

UK art market

4614

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Colonial Silver Filigree Lidded Box & Tray

Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia
18th century

length of tray: 11.5cm, length of box: 9.3cm, combined weight: 153g

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Provenance

: UK art market

4043

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Chased & Engraved Pendang Lurus Sword

Java, Indonesia
18th-early 19th century

length: 50cm

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Provenance

Scottish art market

2598

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Sumatran Minangkabau-Acehnese Cast Brass Shield or Buckler (Peurise)

Minangkabau People for the Aceh Market, Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

diameter: 32cm

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Provenance

UK art market

2403

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Malay Sewar Dagger with Ivory & Silver Mounts

Sumatra/Malay Peninsula
19th century

length: 34.5cm weight: 241g

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Provenance

UK art market

3298

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Iron Trisula

Java, Indonesia
circa 18th century

length: 40cm

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Provenance

UK art market

2509

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Malay Sewar Dagger with Horn & Silver Mounts

Sumatra/Malay Peninsula
19th century

length: 32cm, weight: 242g

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Provenance

UK art market

2856

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Malay or Sumatran Kris with Fine ‘Rose’ Blade & Silver Mounts

Sumatra or Malay Peninsula
early 20th century

length: 49.5cm

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Provenance

UK art market

3958

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Gem-Set Gilded & Silver Filigree Ear Plug Ornaments

Java, Indonesia
19th century

length: 3cm, diameter: 2.5cm, combined weight: 32g

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Provenance

UK art market

2010

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Highly Unusual Madurese Kris with Ebony Scabbard and Hilt Carved as a Dutch Resident, and with a Jawi Inscription

Madura, Indonesia
circa 1820

length: 49.5cm, length of blade: 32cm

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Provenance

UK art market

328

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Brass Water Container (Kendi)

Minangkabau People, Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

height: 32 cm

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Provenance

UK art market

2510

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Unusual Sewar Dagger with Wood & Silver Mounts

North Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 35.5cm

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Provenance

UK art market

4735

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Pair of Malay Carved Wooden Clogs

Malay People, Malaysia or Singapore
1800-1850

length: 25cm, width: 9cm, heights: 11.2cm

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UK art market

1840

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Patani Kris Tajong with Zoomorphic Carved Wooden Hilt

Kelantan, Malaysia or Patani, Southern Thailand
19th century

length: 47.5cm, weight: 507g

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Provenance

private UK collection

4180

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Cast Bronze Zoomorphic Ritual Kettle

Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo)
18th-19th century

height (with handle): 37cm, length: 27cm

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Provenance

UK art market

3375

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Balinese Silver-Mounted Ritual Knife (Suddha-Mala)

Bali, Indonesia
19th-early 20th century

length: 28cm, width of blade at widest point: 3.8cm, weight: 162g

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Provenance

UK art market

2156

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Balinese Carved Wooden & Polychrome Figures of a Hindu Priest and his Assistant

Northern Bali, Indonesia
probably 19th century

height: 39cm & 45cm

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Provenance

UK art market

2589

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Flores-Javanese Kettle Currency Drum (Moko)

East Java, Indonesia for the Alor, Flores Market
19th century or earlier

height: 43.7cm, diameter: 25cm

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Provenance

UK art market

1891

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Balinese Soldier’s Kris

Bali, Indonesia
17th-18th century

length: 54cm, weight: 3464g

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Provenance

UK art market

1716

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Dutch Colonial Amboyna Wood & Red Lacquer Betel Box with Silver Mounts

Batavia, Dutch East Indies
late 17th-early 18th century

height: 8.8cm, length: 20cm, depth: 14.5cm, weight: 794g

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Provenance

collection of Paul Walter; Spink, London

276

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Javanese Dance Mask (Topeng) of Prince Panji, signed by Warno Waskito

Central Java, Indonesia
20th century

height: 19.7 cm

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

1111

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Batak Raja’s Brass Tobacco Pipe (Tulpang)

Toba Batak, North Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 76cm

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Provenance

Christie's, The Trevor Barton Collection.

1112

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Raja’s Brass Tobacco Pipe (Tulpang)

Toba Batak, North Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 84cm

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Provenance

Christie's, The Trevor Barton Collection.

803

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Large Zoomorphic Borneo Bronze Kettle (Cerek)

Borneo - Sarawak (Malaysia) or Brunei
19th century

height: 30cm, length: 39cm

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Provenance

Acquired from the UK antiques market (southern England) and most probably has been in the UK since the colonial period.

226

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Four Jamnagar ‘Gulab’ Betel Cutters Made in India for the Indonesian Market

Jamnagar, India, but collected in Java, Indonesia.
19th-20th century

length: each is approximately 15 cm

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Provenance

private collection, London; acquired in the 1980s in Indonesia.

641

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Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes

Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 6.7cm, chain length: 21.5cm, total weight: 128g

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640

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Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes

Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 6.5cm, total weight: 117g

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Provenance

private collection, London.

639

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Engraved Silver Betel Box

Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 8cm, combined weight: 148g

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Provenance

private collection, London

1183

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Carved Wooden Cockspur Case with Iron Spur

Lombok, Indonesia
19th-early 20th century

height: 19.8cm, width when closed: 8.4cm

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Provenance

Collection of Henry Brownrigg, London, UK.

1159

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Brass Cannon (Lantaka)

Sarawak (Malaysia) or Brunei
18th-19th century

length: 65cm

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Provenance

:UK art market

2148

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Large Borneo Cast Brass Gong (Tawak-tawak)

Brunei/Borneo
18th-19th century

diameter: 45cm, thickness: 10cm

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Provenance

UK art market.

3594

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Rare, Unusually Large Tridacna Clam Shell Kris Hilt

Malay People, Terengganu, Malaysia
19th century

height (without stand): 11cm, width: 11cm, weight: 302g, height with stand: 17cm

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

2998

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Mindanao Silver-Inlaid Brass Betel Box (Lutuan)

Islamic Mindanao, Philippines
early 20th century

length: 20.7cm, height: 10.8cm, depth: 9.6cm, weight: 2,873g

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Provenance

UK art market

3588

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Small Malay Sewar Dagger with Hippopotamus Ivory Mounts

Malay People, Sumatra or Malay Peninsula
19th century

length: 19cm, weight: 49cm

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Provenance

private collection, UK

3792

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Malay Sewar Dagger with Fine Silver Mounts

Malay People, Sumatra or Malay Peninsula
19th century

length: 36cm, weight: 326g

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Provenance

UK art market

3535

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Mindanao Philippines Silver-Inlaid Brass Betel Box

Mindanao, Philippines
19th-20th century

length: 25cm, height: 13.3cm, depth: 12.6cm

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Provenance

UK art market

5365

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Fine Malay Kris with Carved Hilt & Inscribed Silver Mounted Scabbard

Malay Peninsula
19th century

length: 45cm, weight: 336g

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Provenance

UK art market

4922

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Malay Kris Panjang with Chased Silver Mounts & Pierced Hilt

Malay Peninsula
18th-19th century

length: 42.5cm,weight: 443g

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Provenance

UK art market

4819

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Fine Karo Batak Piso Andar Andar Sword with Gold Suasa & Silver Mounts

West Karo Batak People, North Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 55.5cm, weight: 396g

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

4818

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Sulawesi Badek with Engraved Silver Mounts

Sulawesi, Indonesia
early 20th century

length: 28.5cm, weight: 290g

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

3244

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Silver-Mounted Sewar Dagger, Sumatra, Indonesia, 19th century

Malay people, Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 33cm, weight: 178g

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Provenance

UK art market

2718

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Early Madurese Kris with Marine Ivory Hilt & Gold Mendak

Madura, Indonesia
17th century & later

length: 46cm, weight: 277g

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Provenance

UK art market

2717

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Early Malay Kris Perkaka with Ivory Hilt

Northern Malay Peninsula
16th century & later

length: 46cm, weight: 272g

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Provenance

private collection, UK