A SUMATRA, BATAK, WOOD STAFF, the upper section carved with various figures seated on others or animals, topped by a larger figure, its head entwined with bandage and horse hair, the lower part with human figures and entwined snakes, terminating in an iron pin
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A SUMATRA, BATAK, WOOD STAFF, the upper section carved with various figures seated on others or animals, topped by a larger figure, its head entwined with bandage and horse hair, the lower part with human figures and entwined snakes, terminating in an iron pin
156 cm long (cracks)
Provenance
J.I. Groenhuizen, Rotterdam
Lot Essay
See illustration (p. 89)
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