Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak · ID: 3051233
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Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, AustriaSize
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.
The object Bullet retainer “baba ni onggang” with the object ID 3051233 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 302.
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Comparing literature
Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben, Stuttgart 1990, p. 162