Panneau de porte avec motif lézard "ilik" · Indonésie - Sumatra, Toba - Batak · ID: 3049077
Vendu
800 €
Provenance
South German Private CollectionDescription
wood,
Door from the facade of a Toba “sopo”. The upper section of this type of building served as a granary for the family rice.
The lizard motif “ilik” was destined to bring the harvest under the benevolent protection of the deity “Boraspati ni Tano”.
Littérature comparée
Barbier, Jean Paul & Douglas Newton (ed.), Islands and Ancestors, Munich 1988, p. 220, Plate 14