Manuscript
92-17-1
From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia) | Gianyar
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Lontar |
| Object Number | 92-17-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balinese |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia) | Gianyar |
| Date Made | -1958 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Palm Leaf | Bamboo | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| 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 - a procedure still used in Bali by lontar copyists." First page appears to be upside down. |
| Length | 25.3 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Everett Hawkins, 1992 |
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