Zemanek-Münster

Magic staff "tunggal panaluan"

Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba / Karo - Batak
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.


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