Bouchon sculpté à décor figuratif d’un récipient à médecine "perminaken" · Indonésie - Sumatra, Toba-Batak · ID: 3053534
Prix d'appel
3 000 €
Prix d'Estimation
4 500 €
Provenance
August Flick, Cologne, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 26 November 2005, lot 524
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Taille
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, plant fibres, base
The priest-magicians of the Toba-Batak kept the magically potent substance known as “pupuk” in specially designated containers. Water-buffalo horns, known as “naga marsarang”, were commonly used for this purpose and were closed with elaborately carved stoppers of this type.
Littérature comparée
Sibeth, Achim & Bruce W. Carpenter, Batak Sculpture, Singapore 2007, p. 137

