Medicine receptacle "perminaken" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Karo - Batak · ID: 3037714
sold
EUR 700
Description
ceramic vase with light green celadon glaze (chinese product), h: 16,5 cm, plant fibre string with attached paraphernalia (animal claws, tiny wood figure, glass beads etc.), stopper in shape of a Batak characteristic squatting figure made from wood, h: 17,5 cm, dark brown patina, remains of pigment and cord material;
used by witchdoctors for keeping “pupuk”, magical effective pulp.
Comparing literature
Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben, Stuttgart 1990, ill. 176