Hand Shaker

Hand Shaker – These rattles are still used by throughout the region in rituals and ceremonies by Dakun. A Dakun is an Indonesian shaman. There are still many Shaman in Bali.

They are made from rainforest seeds and wood traditionally shaken during festivals and rituals

Hand made in Indonesia.

Dimensions: 19 x 10 x 10 cm

Handheld

BACKGROUND

A dukun is an Indonesian term for shaman. Their societal role is that of a traditional healer, spirit medium, custom and tradition experts and on occasion sorcerers and masters of black magic. In common usage the dukun is often confused with another type of shaman, the pawang. It is often mistranslated into English as “witch doctor” or “medicine man”.

A pawang is a type of shaman from Malaysia and Indonesia. The pawang deals with magic involving weather, wild animals and spirits, but they may also be employed for cases of sorcery.^[Pawang are usually associated with mountains in contrast to the traditional healers (dukun or bomoh) who are most often linked to rivers.

We sell a wide variety of other hand percussion, drums and musical instruments from around the world.

Our items are fairly traded and difficult-to-find items. We source every item personally in the country.