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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4468522, member: 2844&quot;]They weren&#039;t sure, they said possibly Pacific Islands.</p><p>It is a Batak hasapi, from Sumatra. A case where Indonesian culture can easily be mistaken for Pacific.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The rider on the &quot;PI&quot; hasapi is a typical representation of a Batak dignitary. This is the one on the hasapi in your first link, with the animal&#039;s head looking like a Batak Naga (for comparison see last photo):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]386562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And this is a traditional statue of a Batak chief:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]386563[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.barbier-mueller.ch/en/2020/04/02/a-batak-horseman/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.barbier-mueller.ch/en/2020/04/02/a-batak-horseman/" rel="nofollow">https://www.barbier-mueller.ch/en/2020/04/02/a-batak-horseman/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Naga head on my Batak storage vessel:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]386564[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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