Title
Medicine horn
Year/Period
19th century
Region
Toba, Sumatra
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: ,
CURVED LENGTH: 62 cm
CURVED LENGTH: 62 cm
Accession No.
XXXX-11147
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of P. Pohlig, 1911
This carved wooden horn has two squatting figures on the lid. It was used to store a magical substance known as 'raja ni pagar'. The medicine horn is an important ritual paraphernalia of the Batak shaman. The Batak are a number of ethnic groups found in the highlands of north Sumatra
