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001693 Sumatra, Batak, ceremonial sword

001693 Sumatra, Batak, ceremonial sword

Specifications Length: 66,5 cm. Material: wood, iron Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: piso halasan Price realised: Provenance Michael Backman, London july 2022 catalogue nr. 8561. Publications   Exhibitions Additional information The hilt shows...

001692 Borneo, Sarawak, Iban Dayak, measuring stick

001692 Borneo, Sarawak, Iban Dayak, measuring stick

Specifications Height: 50,5; figure 7 cm. Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: tun tun Price realised: Provenance Harvey and Anuschka Menist, Amsterdam. Publications   Exhibitions Additional information Concave limbs mimicking the...

001691 Borneo, Sarawak, Iban Dayak, stick

001691 Borneo, Sarawak, Iban Dayak, stick

Specifications Height: 52,5; figure 8,5 cm. Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: tun tun Price realised: Provenance Harvey Menist, Amsterdam. Publications   Exhibitions Additional information Unusual in its depiction of the spirit helper issuing from...

001690 Sumatra, Toba Batak, lid of a container or mortar

001690 Sumatra, Toba Batak, lid of a container or mortar

Specifications Height: cm. Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: Provenance Harvey Menist, Amsterdam. Publications   Exhibitions Additional information Probably a lid of a container, abalan, or mortar pandudaan. Looking more closely,...

001689 Sumatra, Batak, medicine container

001689 Sumatra, Batak, medicine container

Specifications Height: 22 cm. Material: goat's horn, wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: buli-buli Price realised: Provenance Harvey and Anuschka Menist, Amsterdam. Publications Exhibitions Additional information   Photo credits

001688 Sumatra, Batak, medicine container

001688 Sumatra, Batak, medicine container

Specifications Height: cm Material: wood, ceramic, metal Position: Gender: Indigenous name: guri-guri Price realised: Provenance Harvey and Anuschka Menist, Amsterdam Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information A very large stopper for such a...

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