Batak manuscript on bark.
Accession number:
MS W.75
Title:
Batak manuscript on bark.
Created:
Sumatra? 19th century?
Binding:
Wooden covers. In olive green cloth slipcase with leather back, stamped 19JPW71, by Julia Wightman.
Credit:
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Description:
1 v. (13 panels) : wood bark ; 64 x 55 mm
Provenance:
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her book plate laid in (Wightman bequest, 1994; code: IIT.'70; JPW 7038).
Notes:
Ms. written and illuminated in Sumatra? in the 19th century?
Includes text, table, and serpentine designs.
13 panels in accordion fold; front and end panels pasted to wooden boards.
Language:
Batak
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