Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang" ·  Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak · ID: 3051233

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