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>Costume Studies
>>1801 Batak datu
>>>context
>>>>primary sources
Subjectdatu / guru shaman
Culture: Batak
Setting: northern Sumatra highlands 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 recipes for magic potions." ...