Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak · ID: 3032074
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Size
H: 19,5 cm
H: 7.7 inch
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, black paint remains, of curved form with slits on either side, carved with an anthropomorphic face and elaborate decoration, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on base;
for keeping the bullets needed for hunting and in case of war. In shape of a hornbill beak. With two fingers on both sides of the “beak” the bullets could easily be pulled out.
The object Bullet retainer “baba ni onggang” with the object ID 3032074 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 6.
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Comparing literature
Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben, Stuttgart 1990, p. 161 f.