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