Specifications

• Height: ca 55 cm
• Material: wood, hide, palm fibre
• Position: walking
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: 

Provenance

Former collection The Hague, 1970s.

Publications

Ref.: Sibeth, Achim (1990), Mit den Ahnen leben: Batak – Menschen in Indonesien, 70-71, 75 ill. 66 and 67.

Additional information

For the function of these kind of statues see the above reference work. Typical for the Karo, these statues were placed on the boat-shaped coffin, pelangkah, of the influential.