Magic staff "tunggal panaluan" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba / Karo - Batak · ID: 3047817
sold
EUR 550
Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The NetherlandsSize
H: 175 cm
H: 68.9 inch
Description
wood, textile fibres, animal hair, tin,
“Tunggal panaluan” wands are characterised by the fact that nearly the entire staff is elaborately carved with figures.
Their rich and powerful imagery combines human and animal figures, ordered in a hierarchy strictly determined by the esoteric knowledge of the “datu” priests.