Spear and Saddle
19th c.
Origin: Yogyakarta, Central Java
Material: saddle - leather, cloth and iron; spear - wood, iron, gold, gemstones and metal wire
Size: saddle - 1.80 cm; w. 68 cm; spear - 1.98 cm; diam. 3.2 cm
Museum Ref:271 and 270

Both the saddle and spear belonged to Prince (Pangeran) Diponegoro, an Indonesian Javanese hero who fought against the Dutch colonization between 1825 and 1830.