Batak manuscripts collection, ca. 18th century.

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Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• .45 linear foot (3 v.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

Collection consists of three volumes written in Toba dialect of the Batak language. One volume is book of favorable days and epochs, and other two volumes are soothsayers' books from Sumatra, Indonesia. All volumes are written in black ink on bark leaves (in accordion folds).

Controlled Access Terms

• Fortune-telling -- Indonesia -- Sumatra.
• Toba-Batak literature.
• Bark manuscripts.

Additional Creator Name

• (CStRLIN)NYPW96-A114.