Manuscript
89-13-222
From: Bali (Indonesia)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Lontar |
| Object Number | 89-13-222 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Bali (Indonesia) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Palm Leaf | Bamboo | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Palm leaf book (lontar). Ten long, narrow palm leaf pages held between flat bamboo covers by a cord strung through both pages and covers. Illustrations on one side of each page, text on the other. "Text and illustrations of old Balinese palm-leaf books called lontar are engraved on palm leaf strips with a fine stylus and then darkened with the soot of burned palm-leaf spines rubbed into the grooves." (Claire Hold, Art in Indonesia) |
| Length | 27 cm |
| Width | 3.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989 |
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