DepartmentAsia
Bone Oracle
NameBone Oracle; religious/divination tool; amulet
Artist
Artist not recorded
CultureToba or Batak
Dateca. late 19th-early 20th century
Place madeSUMATRA, Indonesia, Asia
Mediumetched bone
DimensionsH: 9.5”, W: 2”
Credit LineGift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Object numberA.2025.29.4
Collections
Provenanceex. coll. Ralph T. Coe [came to Coe Center upon his passing in 2010].
James Barker, collected in Indonesia in the late 1990s
DescriptionA Toba or Batak bone oracle in a slender paddle shape with a hole drilled at the protruding end; piece is etched with divination marks throughout.
ca. 1960
ca. 1960
ca. 1960
ca. 1850-1899
ca. 1950s
ca. 1950, staff
ca. 1960
ca. 1910
ca. 1900
