Story Of Bali, Indonesia

Also worthy of note are the Karo Bataks' bullet-holders, shaped like a curved beak; the elasticity of the material is cleverly put. to good use to keep the bullets in place. Some of the finest objects into which horn is worked arc the Bataks' medicine horns referred to above.

Also in Sumatra, in Atjch, the Batak districts and in Palembang, horn is used for hilts of striking and thrusting weapons, which are often adorned with the mask of an animal.

Of the eastern islands Timor and Sumba may be singled out on account of their delightful horn work, some of the artistically decorated spoons and combs being real masterpieces. A special point of interest is the wearing of horn ear-rings as a sign of married status in southern Celebes. Precious ivory is often used in ornaments of various kinds, but above all for the hilts of splendid ceremonial weapons, as, for example, in Sumatra, southern Celebes, Java and Bali. Among these weapons the kris occupies a special place, as we shall see later in the chapter oil Java and Bali.

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