Magic staff "tungkot malehat" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba / Karo - Batak · ID: 3047818
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The NetherlandsSize
L: 116 cm
L: 45.7 inch
Description
brass, wood, animal hair, cotton,
The “tungkot malehat” is usually dominated by a single carving of a large male figure (mostly riding a “singa” or horse) at the very top of the staff, and the body of the staff is left plain.
The object Magic staff “tungkot malehat” with the object ID 3047818 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 78 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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