Balinese palm-leaf manuscript
Collection Description
Balinese palm-leaf manuscript (lontar). Manuscript is made from dried palm leaves and bound between wood blocks by a cord running through the middle of the blocks and each leaf. A coin is tied to the cord. Translation of this document, conducted in 1973, speculates that this may not be authentic to the period (prior to the 19th century when printing presses were introduced), and may have been created for commercial purposes. The first 27 pages are lists of words seeming to bear no relationship to one another with a number of misspellings. Thereafter the subject is rice: the mythology of rice, the god of rice, and growing rice.
Dates
- undated
Access to Materials
Collection is open for research use. Materials may be accessed by request at Special Collections and University Archives in Seidman House. Materials do not circulate.
Publication Rights
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Extent
0.5 Linear feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
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Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
- Bali (Indonesia : Province) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Balinese (Indonesian people) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Palm-leaf manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rice farming Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Balinese palm-leaf manuscript, RHC-72
- Author
- Special Collections & University Archives
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- TypeCollection
Repository Details
Part of the Grand Valley State University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Seidman House
1 Campus Drive
Allendale MI 49401 United States
616-331-8726
collections@gvsu.edu