Zemanek-Münster

Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang"

Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
not available anymore
Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
Size
H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch

Description

wood, one bullet, base

“Baba ni onggan”, which roughly means “beak of the hornbill”, were used to store self-cast bullets. With two fingers on both sides of the “beak” the bullets could easily be pulled out.


Comparing literature

Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben, Stuttgart 1990, p. 162

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