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>Costume Studies
>>1801 Batak datu
>>>context
>>>>period sources
Subjectdatu / guru shaman
Culture: Batak
Setting: northern Sumatra 18-20thc













​* Dallas Museum of Art > Pacific Islands
"Toba Batak traditional priest (datu), 
c. 1900
with staff, horn container for magic substances, and folding book of encoded recipes for ritual procedures, encantations [sic], and recipies for magic potions." ...