Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang"

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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.

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Comparing literature

Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben, Stuttgart 1990, p. 161 f.

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