Auction 106
Zemanek-Münster
Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang", Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak, Size: H: 15,5 cm (H: 6.1 inch), ID: 3053148
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Lot 142
Auction 106

Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang" ·  Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak · ID: 3053148

Starting price
EUR 800
Estimated price
EUR 1,600
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Provenance
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 15,5 cm
H: 6.1 inch

Description

wood, cord,

“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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