Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak · ID: 3053148
Price
EUR 800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, GermanySize
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.
The object Bullet retainer “baba ni onggang” with the object ID 3053148 was part of the auction Auction 106 on April 25, 2026, lot number 142 at that time and is currently available for EUR 800 in Open sale.
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Comparing literature
Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben, Stuttgart 1990, p. 162