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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector featuring the Collection of the Late Brian Murray
• Sale Date:
  14 Sep 2019 ~ 12noon (AEST)
  15 Sep 2019 ~ 10am (AEST)
• Lot #:
  1234
• Lot Description:
  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.
  L38cm W17cm
• Provenance:
  Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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