Title
Palm wine container
Year/Period
First half of the 20th century (before 1943)
Region
Karo, Northern Sumatra
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: Refer to parts
Accession No.
2018-00957
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the City of Delft, Netherlands
This bamboo flask or container was known as a kitang and would have been used to hold wine made from the sugar palm. The stopper is carved from wood in the form of a stylized singa, a mythological creature related to the Indian lion.
