A Good Early 20thC Dutch Zoology Department Northern Sumatran Pig Skull sub-Curios Highly geometrical and typical of

Highly geometrical and typical of its type

Bowls of this kind are scarce survivals and are excessively rare sold as a brace

Length: 35 inches

with some minor discoloration spots to the interior

There is some suggestion that these puppet heads may date as early as the mid 1800s but we have been more cautious with our later date

A Good Early 20thC Dutch Zoology Department Northern Sumatran Pig Skull sub-Curios Highly geometrical and typical ofOrigin: Indonesian Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1918 25 The Skull: 8. 25 inches Long X 5. 25 inches High The Base: 8. 5 x 5. 5 inches The early twentieth century Dutch museum or zoology department Northern Sumatran pig skull specimen presented on a later ebonised raised stand with its original description label hand written in Dutch Bataks Varken ( Batak pig).. Instituut voor zootechniek en hoefkunde schiedel van een