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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." ...