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Batak stones and riders. Sitting statue,pangulubalang
Unique and museum quality sculpture of a Batak stone with female effigie . the stone block is carved from a single piece of stone.+-350 kg
Batak stone figure
pangulubalang
This truly monumental stone effigy of a riding figure has a weathered surface, a sign of great age.
As for funerary purposes these effigies commemorated high ranking persons.
A Toba origin southwest of Lake Toba is a possibility.
normally we see a lot of these stone riders on horses and elphants , but this one is exceptional and rare as the animal is a Tiger Cat.
the stone is +- 200 kg and 95 cm H / 80 cm l
ex collection B.Brugnier and Nunnung art in Indonesia.
Most of these Batak sculptures came to the west without documentation concerning place of origin or the purpose for which they were actually made. Since most Batak communities turned to the Christian and Islamic faith before and after WW2, they abandoned the old indigenous ways of believing and with this change the perception of these sculptures gradually disappeared within two or three generations. Thanks to early photographic reports of missionaries and colonial officials, but also later by travellers and researchers some of these sculptures were recorded.