Subject: warrior
Culture: Sumbanese
Setting: Sumba late 18th - early 19c
Object: mamuli pendant
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Oceania
"Left to right: Three Ear Ornaments or Pendants (Mamuli)
Eastern Sumba Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 19th century Gold ...
Eastern Sumba Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 19th century Gold ...
Kanatangu district, eastern Sumba Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 19th century Gold ..."
* Dallas Museum of Art > Pacific Islands
"Ear ornament or pendant (mamuli)
Indonesia: Lesser Sunda Islands, East Sumba, Pau village
Early 20th century
Gold ...
In the mamuli, the simple cleft-diamond shape, which represents the Greek letter omega, contrasts with clusters of tiny balls or lively figures such as the monkeys here. Formerly worn as an ear ornament, the mamuli is now most often used as a pendant. Depending on the type, mamuli were considered prestige items used for dancing and other rituals, sacred altar objects that aided priests in contacting the ancestral spirits, or sacred heirlooms that were rarely removed from their special storage containers. This mamuli was formerly in the collection of W. Tanagoendjo, the late raja of Pau."
* Dallas Museum of Art > Pacific Islands
"Ear ornament or pendant (mamuli)
Indonesia: Lesser Sunda Islands, West Sumba, Kodi
19th century
Gold ...
In West Sumba, women wear the mamuli either as an earring or as a pendant. The simple cleft-diamond shape of the ornament, which resembles the Greek letter omega, contrasts with the lively clusters of tiny balls decorating it. The broad, flat extensions, or 'feet,' at the bottom are characteristic of examples from this area. Small horsemen on the feet face in opposite directions; they are simple yet animated. Horses, which were symbols of wealth and prestige throughout the island, were traded to the Dutch for gold coins that served as the raw material for gold ornaments."
* Tropenmuseum > Zuidoost Azië
"Oorhangers, mamuli
Goud, West-Sumba, Indonesië, eerste helft 20ste eeuw." ...
* Adat Art
