Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang"

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Description

horn, shiny dark brown patina, of curved form with slits on either side, carved with an anthropomorphic face on top, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base;
for keeping the bullets needed for hunting and in case of war. In shape of a hornbill beak. With two fingers on both sides of the “beak” the bullets could easily be pulled out.

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Littérature comparée

Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben, Stuttgart 1990, p. 161 f.

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