Zemanek-Münster

Door panel with lizard motif "ilik" ·  Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak · ID: 3049077

sold EUR 800
Provenance
South German Private Collection
Size
M: 98 cm x 62 cm
M: 38.6 inch x 24.4 inch

Description

wood,

Door from the facade of a Toba “sopo”. The upper section of this type of building served as a granary for the family rice.

The lizard motif “ilik” was destined to bring the harvest under the benevolent protection of the deity “Boraspati ni Tano”.


The object Door panel with lizard motif “ilik” with the object ID 3049077 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 178 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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Comparing literature

Barbier, Jean Paul & Douglas Newton (ed.), Islands and Ancestors, Munich 1988, p. 220, Plate 14


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