Ancient bamboo medicine container and Batak cap sculpture
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Ancient cylindrical medicine container from the Batak tribe of Sumatra Indonesia. Made of bamboo and wood.
Bamboo tube engraved with a depiction of a standing animal from their river forests, with a wooden base and cap, on the cap there is a statue of a man touching his belly and forehead to indicate that the contents were specific for the disease stomachache and headache
Very beautiful unique piece obviously handmade in the early 1900s
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Data sheet
- Material :
- Mahogany and bamboo wood
- Made in :
- Indonesia
- Weight gr.
- 100
- Total height cm.
- 25
- Diameter cm.
- 5,5
- Nota
- Piece One, Hand Made
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Ancient cylindrical medicine container from the Batak tribe of Sumatra Indonesia. Made of bamboo and wood.
Bamboo tube engraved with a depiction of a standing animal from their river forests, with a wooden base and cap, on the cap there is a statue of a man touching his belly and forehead to indicate that the contents were specific for the disease stomachache and headache
Very beautiful unique piece obviously handmade in the early 1900s