Specifications

• Height: 160 cm
• Material: wood, cotton, metal, hair
• Position: standing
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: tunggal/tongkat panaluan

Provenance

Jacques Kerchache, Paris; Alain Schoffel, Paris; Adrian Schlag, Brussels.

Publications

Adrian Schlag (2007), Tribal Art Classics, Batak, 8-9.

Additional information

Executed in the round, rendering this staaf an exceptional three-dimensional feel. The bright ‘holy’ colours red, white and black may be added later.

Photo credits

Frédéric Dehaen