Specifications

• Height: 21 cm
• Material: wood, horn, brass
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: tongat malehat

Provenance

Adrian Schlag, Brussels

Publications

Adrian Schlag (2007), Batak, Tribal Art Classics, 16-17

Additional information

The hands in a special gesture holding an unidentified spherule between thumbs and index fingers. The tube at the bottom is made of buffalo horn.

Photo credits

Frédéric Dehaen