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Detail: Exceptional hand-etched and carved buffalo bone with wood finial plug. Used by Dayak tribal shamans to store herbs, magic powders and betal lime. The scrimshaw work on this piece is representative of animals that provide good luck. . as well as the ancestor on the…
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- Item Number: C-9361
- Provenance/Origin: Borneo. Circa early- to mid-1900's
- Composition: Buffalo bone and wood
- Dimensions: 6" tall with stopper x 1.75" at widest
- Weight: .25 pound
- Price: $ 95.00 USD