University of Chicago, Codex Ms. 82l

Metadata

DS ID:

DS16703

Shelfmark:

Codex Ms. 82l

Title:

Batak religious manuscript containing mantras, invocations, and protective magic

Pustaha

Date:

manuscript /

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Batak (Poda)

Batak WIKIDATA

Material:

illustrations

Physical Description:

Extent: 20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 5.5 x 4.5 cm

Note:

Page orientation: landscape.
Condition: Some pages are damaged, but generally the ms. is in good condition.
Physical appearance: very small bark book has no covers, however, the uppermost page was colored to resamble the appearance of a wooden cover.
Description: Pustaha (bark book) made by the Batak people in North Sumatra (Indonesia) most likely in the nineteenth century.
Paper and ink: The manuscript is made of the bast (inner bark) of the aquilaria tree. Only black ink has been used.
Collected by Frederick Starr, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, 1892-1923.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Batak

Incantations, Toba-Batak

Bark inscriptions

Indonesia--Sumatera Utara

Batak (Indonesian people)--Religion

Magic, Batak

Institutional Record:

http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9106856

Holding Institution:

University of Chicago