TWO BATAK SWORDS AND SHEATHS, with iron blades, the fluted and flared ivory hilts with dark patinas, the wood sheaths bound at intervals with white metal and brass bands respectively

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TWO BATAK SWORDS AND SHEATHS, with iron blades, the fluted and flared ivory hilts with dark patinas, the wood sheaths bound at intervals with white metal and brass bands respectively
51cm. and 62cm. long (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Achim Sibeth, The Batak, 1991, p.163, figs.212 and 213

See also front cover illustration

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