Kala head (architectural element)

Object Details

• Provenance

  From 1964 To 2017

  Price and Mattiebelle Gittinger, Adamstown, Maryland, purchased in Trowulan, East Java, Indonesia. [1]

  From 2017

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Price and Mattiebelle Gittinger, Adamstown, Maryland. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Dr. Mattiebelle Gittinger, she and her husband Price lived in Java between 1963 and 1965, and traveled through the eastern areas two or three times. She believes that they were in Trowulan in 1964 and that is where they purchased the piece from a shop. See Curatorial Remarks 1and 7 in the object record.

  [2] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mattiebelle Stimson Gittinger

• Origin

  Trowulan, East Java, Indonesia

• Credit Line

  Gift of Price and Mattiebelle Gittinger

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Gittinger, Mattiebelle Stimson

• Place

  Trowulan, East Java, Indonesia

• Topic

  Art, Kala, Pottery, Southeast Asian Art, Majapahit period (1292 - 1500), Ceramics

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Sculpture