Pair of ceremonial mosquito net hangers, Indonesia, 1801-1930

Made:
1801-1930 in Indonesia
Pair of ceremonial mosquito net hangers from East Java

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Pair of ceremonial mosquito net hangers from East Java
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Pair of ceremonial mosquito net hangers from East Java, or Madura, probably 19th to 20th centuries

These wooden mosquito net hangers are carved in the form of a dragon and are gilded. They were probably used over a bed or a seating area. The mosquito net hangers were made and used in East Java or Madura in southern Indonesia. Mosquitoes carry a number of diseases but their role in transmitting malaria was identified in 1898 by Ronald Ross (1857–1932), a British bacteriologist.

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Object Number:
1986-1008
Materials:
wood
type:
hanger
credit:
Christie's Amsterdam, B.V.