Instructions on the use of tables of signs in the sky (pangarambui) and other divination texts - Chester Beatty Online Collections

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Object no:: Sum 1134

Titel:: Instructions on the use of tables of signs in the sky (pangarambui) and other divination texts

Ersteller:: Unknown
Sumatra

Production date:: 19th or early 20th century

Größe:: 80 mm x 79 mm x 39 mm (height x width x depth)

Materialbeschreibung:: Ink (material) Bark Wood (material)

Language:: Batak languages

Sammlung:: Sumatran collection

Dokumenttyp:: Handschrift

Object name:: Folded Book Amulet/Talisman

Description:: Book containing instructions on the use of diagrams of signs in the sky (pangarambui) and other divination texts, maker unknown, 19th or early 20th century, northern Sumatra. Ink on bark with one wooden cover and plaited rattan band. The tree-bark books made by the Batak peoples of northern Sumatra are called pustaha or pustaka. The small size of this bark book suggests it was made to be worn as an amulet.

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