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Sculptures 'debata ribu-ribu'
Toba-Batak, Indonesien

wood, blackened, figures of closed contours on varied bases, their heads showing stylized facial features, hands in ornamental design, slightly dam., crack, paint rubbed off;
such figures were used in manipulative magic, collected into bundles.
H: 37/38 cm, (5230/002)

Lit.: Sibeth, Achim, Batak, Kunst aus Sumatra, Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt am Main 2000, p. 90

Sculptures 'debata ribu-ribu'
Toba-Batak, Indonesien

wood, blackened, figures of closed contours on varied bases, their heads showing stylized facial features, hands in ornamental design, slightly dam., crack, paint rubbed off;
such figures were used in manipulative magic, collected into bundles.
H: 37/38 cm, (5230/002)

Lit.: Sibeth, Achim, Batak, Kunst aus Sumatra, Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt am Main 2000, p. 90