Display Exchange Stone With Double Skirts

DECORATED DISPLAY-
EXCHANGE STONE
DANI CULTURE
IRIAN JAYA, INDONESIA
PRIVATE COLLECTION
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This display-exchange stone was collected sometime

in the 1950's. It was originally in a collection in Java. This

one is decorated with two wrappings of orchid fiber

cording. These miniature skirts are representative of a

miniature wrap around wedding skirt (jogal). Although

the picture doesn't show it, the color of the stone is
actually dark green and black. The surface has been

well smoothed on both sides and the edges. This

display exchange stone measures 21 3/8 inches (54.3 cm)

long, 5 inches (12.7 cm) wide and 1/2 inch (1.2 cm) thick.

This display- exchange stone might have been worth
one medium sized pig (1999: Hampton, pp. 113-114).
COPYRIGHT JANUARY 31, 2004 PETER A. BOSTROM

Display exchange stone with double skirts.