Figure of the progenitor couple "debata idup" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak · ID: 3051068
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USASize
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch
Description
wood, base
Possibly originally crowning a magic wand “tungkot malehat”.
Comparing literature
Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben: Batak - Menschen in Indonesien, Linden-Museum Stuttgart, 1990, p. 130, ill. 156