Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3640BLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 12, 2021 10:00AM
Description:
Pair of Large Batak Silver Ear Ornaments, Padung-Padung, Karo Batak, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, solid cast silver wire bent into two wings of tight spirals, creating a phallic-form, worn in conjunction with a headdress due to the weight, lg. 6 1/2, wd. 6 in.
Provenance: Collected in-situ in the early 1980s; Private collection, San Francisco, California.
Estimate $800-1,200
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