Mark A. Johnson Tribal Art

A2: Medicine Container. Buffalo horn, wood, metal. H: 13”. 19th century. Batak culture, Sumatra Island, Indonesia. Squatting figure with powerful expression, holding a cup and wearing metal ear loops. A gecko rests on his head, another one crawls up the horn base with a human figure hanging upside down from the tip. Ex: Los Angeles collection (from early 1980’s).