Toba Batak. Sumatra Island, Indonesia.
Hardwood, horn. L: 19" (48.3 cm).
Container for holding medicine and ritual substances, with mythical Singha head wood stopper and lizard carved on the end of the buffulo horn.
Ex: Frank and Helen Schreider collection (before 1961). The Schreider's, members of the Explorer's Club and National Geographic Society,
famously traveled the length of Indonesia, from Sumatra to Timor in an amphibious vehicle in 1961. Their story was published in
National Geographic Magazine in the 1960s as well as their book: "The Drums of Tonkin, An Adventure In Indonesia" (1963). Attached are
images of the cover of this book as well as a photo inside, that reports to show the Toba village where the horn was acquired by 1961.
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