Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak · ID: 3036885
not available anymore
Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
horn, shiny dark brown patina, of curved form with slits on either side, carved with an anthropomorphic face on top, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, 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 3036885 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 11.
Here you will find more objects and interesting facts about Asian art.
Comparing literature
Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben, Stuttgart 1990, p. 161 f.