Subject: warrior chief
Culture: Batak
Setting: Dutch war, northern Sumatra late 19thc
Object: piso knife
American Museum of Natural History > Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples *
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* Dallas Museum of Art > Pacific Islands
"Pair of knives and sheath (piso) Indonesia: North Sumatra,
Batak people c. 1860-1900 Bronze and steel ... Among the Batak,
the traditional marriage gifts from a husband's lineage to his wife's family
included a pair of knives in a single sheath or scabbard. The use of male and
female figures on the handles suggests that this pair was a ceremonial wedding gift;
the handles represented the man and woman united in marriage."
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Tropenmuseum > Zuidoost Azië *
Noord-Sumatra, Indonesië. 1ste helft 20ste eeuw."
North Sumatra, Indonesië .[sic] 1st half 20th century." ...
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