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A RARE CAST BRONZE GONG " TAWAK-TAWAK " Borneo Kalimantan (origin) , 
Mid 19th century

Finely decorated on the external surface with three Chinese-style dragons amidst sinuous vegetable scrolls.

Provenance:, acquired in an box lot of a local action before 1979.

Tawak-tawak gongs were usually used as signal to call people, but it was also attributed to them a magical power against demons; furthermore, they were considered symbols of authority and sometimes used as a kind of currency such a gong forms part of a wedding gift.

Source: Gelderland collection, Data provider Museon in the Netherlands and also a very similar gong is in the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. RV-893-107).

Wil be send registered in a lot of bubble plastic ( and it is possible to pick up at the seller's place in Amersfoort.)



2nd half 19th century - Good condition, used with some signs of wear 

Gong (1) - Bronze - Tawak tawak - Kalimantan, Indonesia 

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Rama VI (1910-1925)

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