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Batak Hand Carved Wooden Scale Box.  Gold.  Halangan North Sumatra

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    Batak tribes are well known for their carved medicine containers like this (see C-7734, for another).  This one is less artistic and more functional, but using the traditional motifs of the Singa (protective creature) and ASO (human-like heads).   Functional?  This particular container was used (lightly)… Continue reading

Batak Piso Halasan Sword / Knife, Sumatra

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Detail:  Hilt and scabbard are carved from bone or from some resin composite material (although I have never seen a resin composite come out of Sumatra that is this old).  ASO (human-like) traditional figures are carved at both ends and insects, geckos and plant life are carved on… Continue reading

Batak Medicine Horn / Container, Sumatra

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Detail: From Batak tribes of Northern Sumatra. Wood and buffalo horn. Naga / Singa head in front with ASO heads (human-like ancestor spirits) on the back and on the tip of the horn. A Cicak (a small nocturnal lizard found in most houses) is carved into the horn representing deities… Continue reading

Dayak Tribal Medicine Box, Sumatra

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Detail: This medicine container was used by the Batak Tribes in Sumatra. Carved from one piece of wood. Singa (mythical protective creatures) heads are looking up on each end of the box. An ASO (human-like head) adorns the top of the lid. These boxes are used to store medicines or… Continue reading

Huge and Rare Batak Medicine Horn, Sumatra

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Detail:  This horn / container comes from the Toba Batak people of North Sumatra.  Buffalo horn and carved wood.  Naga (serpent / dragon) head, ASO heads (human-like) and fern motifs are carved by a single craftsman.  Used for herbs and medicines.  This size is rare.… Continue reading
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