Figurally carved stopper of a medicine receptacle "perminaken" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba-Batak · ID: 3053534
Starting price
EUR 3,000
Estimated price
EUR 4,500
Provenance
August Flick, Cologne, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 26 November 2005, lot 524
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, plant fibres, base
The priest-magicians of the Toba-Batak kept the magically potent substance known as “pupuk” in specially designated containers. Water-buffalo horns, known as “naga marsarang”, were commonly used for this purpose and were closed with elaborately carved stoppers of this type.
Comparing literature
Sibeth, Achim & Bruce W. Carpenter, Batak Sculpture, Singapore 2007, p. 137