Rooster Effigy Censer for Cloves

Culture: Sumatran artist
Date: mid- 20th century
Material: Iron
from: Lampung province, Indonesia, Oceania
Classification: Containers, metalwork
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 40 9/16 × 7 1/4 in. (103 × 18.4 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 1467:1983

by 1974 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]

1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] Morton D. May lent this object to the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1974 [loan number 1974.1694].

[2] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.

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