"Hunting Charm Or Tun Tun, Iban, Sarawak, Borneo, Indonesia "
HUNTING CHARM OR TUN-TUN, IBAN, SARAWAK, BORNÉO Wood with shiny dark brown patina The stick of a beautiful delicacy supports a figure with slender limbs, the feet projecting slightly on the pedestal.The Tun-Tun or Pig Trap Charms (Iban) Sarawak.
These are small sticks, about 50 cm topped by a seated figure, holding his face. They constitute the magical part of the wild pig trap: the small piece of cloth that each statuette wears on its stomach has the power to attract game in large numbers into the trap prepared by the hunters.
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