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Magic staff "tunggal panaluan" ·  Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba / Karo - Batak · ID: 3047817

sold EUR 550
Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
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.


The object Magic staff “tunggal panaluan” with the object ID 3047817 was part of the auction 96th Auction on April 24, 2021. The object with the lot number 79 achieved a sales price of EUR 550 with an asking price of EUR 500.

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