Title
Carved house panel
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Toba Batak, North Sumatra
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object Size: 69.0 x 42.5 x 7.0 cm
Accession No.
2013-00954
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the Mandala Foundation
The ancestral house was the centre of family life for the entire clan and needed to be protected from both real and spirit attacks. Singa images were thought to frighten off both pests and spirits. This singa motif would have decorated the side of a Batak house.
