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LOT 2115
Northern Sumatran Bone Calendar Collection
BATAK, MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 - 5 1/2 in. (287 grams total, 12.2-14 cm).
Group of eight plaques, seven with incised calendrical grid to the obverse and aquatic scene to the reverse with a lobster and reptile and symbols in the field; one with scene of two millipedes to the obverse and reptiles to the reverse. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx central London gallery.
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