A rare Dayak wooden shaman box for keeping all kind of ‘charged’ material and tools. With 10 ‘pentik’ charm figures for protection. Wood, ratan, bamboo. (23 – 48cm) Paser Regency, Southernmost Regency of East Kalimantan. Indonesia. Approx. early 20th century. Ex. coll. Ulrich Kortmann. (Ger.) Ex. coll. Todd Barlin. (Aus.) Ex. private coll. Louis Nierijnck / Maastricht. Please ask for price.
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