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Batak Bovine Scapula from Northern Sumatra. with carved human…
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15-Sep-2019
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Batak Bovine Scapula from Northern Sumatra. with carved human heads, a lizard, a serpent & mythical animals together with Batak script on both sides. Used as a divining tool or oracle by a priest (Datu). There is a Batak calendar & compass on one side. the Batak script was derived from earlier Javanese Kauie & Pallava scripts, ultimately from a Sanskrit script from Southern India & was still being used & taught in mission schools up to 1914, collected around 1900. Length 38 cm, width 17 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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