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Figure of the progenitor couple "debata idup", Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak, Size: H: 31,5 cm (H: 12.4 inch), ID: 3051068
Figure of the progenitor couple "debata idup", Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak, Size: H: 31,5 cm (H: 12.4 inch), ID: 3051068 - 2/4 Figure of the progenitor couple "debata idup", Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak, Size: H: 31,5 cm (H: 12.4 inch), ID: 3051068 - 3/4 Figure of the progenitor couple "debata idup", Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak, Size: H: 31,5 cm (H: 12.4 inch), ID: 3051068 - 4/4
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Lot 119
Auction 104

Figure of the progenitor couple "debata idup" ·  Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak · ID: 3051068

sold EUR 800
Provenance
Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USA
Size
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

Asia
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