A batak

wood, red patina, remains of black painting, coiffure from animal hair, eyes with metal inlay (missing on the left), standing figure, rising from peg-like projection, small opening in the breast close

Rare Batak musical instrument. Indonesia, 19th century. Length: 63 cm

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Batak people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden shaman staff (known as a tunggal panaluan) with a thick iron cone

An elegant and refined hand carved wooden lute instrument with ancestor ido, as the top finial and a Sigha Lion motif on the bottom, embellished with coins dating to the mid 19th century. Batak people

A Toba Batak Bed-Chest Sumatra, Indonesia, c. 19th to early 20th century A lidded container constructed of thick adze-cut planks secured together with mortise and tenon, a var

Borneo Batak staff, c. 1900-1930, having feathers above the carved figural top, mounted to square stone base, staff: 70"h, base: 7.5"h Start Price: $300.00

**Originally Listed At $3500** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Batak peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful shaman staff, hand-carved from a single piece of hardwood. The len

2 Batak Pagar Figures, Sumatra. Carved wood and plant fiber. On stands. Size: 1) 50" (127 cm); on stand: 51" (130 cm). 2) Size: 60" (152 cm); on stand: 62" (157 cm).

Ceremonial Cloth, Batak, Sumatra, Indonesia; cotton, warp ikat. Early 20th c. Size: 68'' x 45'' (173 x 114 cm).

Rare Ceremonial Shoulder cloth, "pinunsaan", cotton ikat, supplementary weft weaving and twining, Toba Batak people, Sumatra. Pinunsaan is one of the two most important in the Batak hierarchy of ikat

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Toba Batak peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved priest's container known as naga marsarang, expertly made from a dense wood, for stori

A collection of extremely rare tribal artifacts, two ancient Inuit gamming pieces in rare anthropomorphic form, the third a Batak medicine container from Sumatera, Indonesia. The container stands abou

Antique Mughal Empire Damascus Steel Batak Sword With Bronze Decorated Handle And Rare And Unusual Monkey Head Figural Sheath Locket Decorated With Lizards. Mughal weapons significantly evolved during

wood, rich reddish brown shiny patina, traces of black paint, handle in shape of a sitting ancestor figure, hairline crack, base; the Batak use lime in numerous ceremonial contexts. The juice was mixe

A Batak Ancestor Figure, Sumatra, Indonesia, of abstracted form with simple incising delineating the face, ears, and arms, fine old variegated patina, on custom wood base, purchased from James Willis

A superb 19th century carved Water buffalo horn and wooden Bullet Holder (Paru-Paru) from the Batak peoples of Sumatra, with one original musket ball included. The Holder has a wonderful stylized mask

Monumental Antique Toba Batak House Panel. Featuring a Singa, a supernatural creature whose likeness protects individuals, homes, and communities against malevolent supernatural forces. Carved wood an

Medizin Behältnis mit figürlichem Deckel Batak, Indonesien, Sumatra Insel Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Leder. H 33 cm. Provenienz: - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. - Hammer Auktion 95,

Early 20th C. selendang shoulder cloth with sacred ragidup ("Pattern of Life") designs, Batak people, Northern Sumatra. Purchased from Anita Spertus and Robert Holmgren, authors of "Early Indonesian T

Batak Ulos Ragidup Ceremonial Textile, Sumatra, Early 20th C. Toba Batak people. Cotton, constructed from five components (two side panels joined to a larger central section consisting of a large pane

Early 20th century, 159 x 34 cm, Indonesia, North Sumatra This narrow, dark red cotton cloth has a centre accentuated by fine white vertical stripes and two end panels each decorated with a rectangula

A very rare old Shaman's medicine horn with a carved wooden stopper featuring a shaman riding a Singha Lion like effigy. The vessel is made from an animal horn with an ancestral face carved at the tip

Indonesia, Sumatra, Karo Batak, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An exquisite vessel, the lower section comprised of basketry woven over a piriform shaped gourd, with a figural stopper depictin

An Indonesian Batak Tribal Granary door 89 x 48 cm