Tunggal panaluan

A tunggal panaluan is a magic staff used by shamans of the Batak people, who live in the highlands of North Sumatra, Indonesia.

[1] The tree occupies a central place in the ancestral myth of the Batak people, as well as the figures depicted on the tunggal panaluan.

[2] Animals found depicted in the tunggal panaluan include snakes, dragons, geckos and water buffaloes.

Another type of magic staff, known as the tunggal malehat, depicts a human riding either a horse or a mythical beast.

Tunggal panaluan are elaborately carved all the way until the bottom of the staff, whereas the body of the tungkot malehat are left plain and uncarved.