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Book/Printed Material Pustaha about Protection against Evil. Pustaha over een beschermmiddel

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Title

  • Pustaha about Protection against Evil.

Other Title

  • Pustaha over een beschermmiddel

Summary

  • This illuminated book made of tree bark is a pustaha, written in the script of the Batak people of Northern Sumatra. Pustahas were books describing magical practices, and were intended for use only by Batak spiritual leaders and their disciples. This pustaha describes forms of protection against evil, and is from the special collections of the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1880 to 1920]

Headings

  • -  Indonesia--Sumatera Utara
  • -  1880 to 1920
  • -  Batak (Indonesian people)
  • -  Magic
  • -  Witchcraft

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Manuscript on tree bark ; 15 x 11 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and the Caribbean Studies KITLV.
  • -  Content in Batak.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667585

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Pustaha about Protection against Evil. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1920, 1880] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667585/.

APA citation style:

(1880) Pustaha about Protection against Evil. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1920] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667585/.

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Pustaha about Protection against Evil. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1920, 1880] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667585/>.