Stopper of medicine container "perminaken" ·  Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak · ID: 3033605

Description

wood, blackish brown, partly encrusted patina, in shape of a rider on a small “singa”, surmounting a wooden stopper, slightly dam., breakage (right forearm), paint rubbed off, on wooden base;
“datu” priests used various receptacles for keeping medicine and magical ingredients called “pupuk”. In most cases the containers consisted of horn from the water buffalo or goats; but boxes of bamboo, plumb or imported ceramics were used as well.

The object Stopper of medicine container “perminaken” with the object ID 3033605 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 11.

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Comparing literature

Sibeth, Achim, Carpenter, Bruce W., Batak Sculpture, Singapore 2007, p. 137