Batak
Magic Book (Pustaha)
Batak, 1879-1899
Scroll
Batak
Magic Book (Pustaha)
Batak, 1879-1899
Physical Qualities
Ink and pigment on alim bast, wood, 18 x 15.5 x 5 cm. (7 1/16 x 6 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of A. Randell McKechnie, Baltimore
Object Number
2009.177
Accordian format, primarily vertical lines of text interspersed with some linear, figural and vegetal motifs.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; A. Randell McKechnie, Baltimore
Achim Sibeth, "The Batak," New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991.
Dallaslibrary.org/texas/finebooks/barkbook/htm for an example with a lizard carved in high relief on the front wooden cover.
kb.dk/elib/mss/treasures/oja/batak38.htm for an opened book extensively illustrated, and showing the type of pen used.
Maryantiques.com for a smaller book, with a lizard carved in low relief on the front cover; priced at $10,000.00
"A Hundred Harvests: The History of Asian Studies at Berkeley," lib.berkeley.edu/ SSEAL/AsiaExhibit/seac.html for an example with a more extensive illustration, very similar writing, but seems in less good condition.
Dallaslibrary.org/texas/finebooks/barkbook/htm for an example with a lizard carved in high relief on the front wooden cover.
kb.dk/elib/mss/treasures/oja/batak38.htm for an opened book extensively illustrated, and showing the type of pen used.
Maryantiques.com for a smaller book, with a lizard carved in low relief on the front cover; priced at $10,000.00
"A Hundred Harvests: The History of Asian Studies at Berkeley," lib.berkeley.edu/ SSEAL/AsiaExhibit/seac.html for an example with a more extensive illustration, very similar writing, but seems in less good condition.
Inscribed: None.
