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THBLate 19th C. Karo Batak Wood & Horn Medicine Vessel
Lot 110
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Southeast Asia, Indonesia, northern Sumatra, Batak culture, Karo people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An intriguing medicine vessel (known as a sahan or naga morsarang) of a slender form with a body formed from a hollow goat horn. The top of the horn is tightly wrapped with narrow rattan fibers, and atop the rim is a hand-carved wooden stopper surmounted by an ancestral male figure riding a mythical beast known as a Singha. The bottom plug of the stopper is pierced so a slender wooden pin can be inserted through both sides of the rim. Medicine horns like this example were used by Batak shamans and priests to carry magical substances, and the pin through the rim and stopper ensured no one without proper knowledge could handle the materials contained within. Size: 2.4" W x 11" H (6.1 cm x 27.9 cm); 12.625" H (32.1 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically similar example from the Toba Batak people, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1987.453.1.
Provenance: private Nevada, USA collection
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#152275Minor nicks and abrasions to horn, pin, and wooden plug, with softening to some finer details on plug figures, and light encrustations within some recessed areas, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits and wonderful patina throughout.Condition
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