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Ask a question or Order this book Browse our books Search our books Book dealer info |  Pustaka. (Pustaha) - Zauberbuch eines Batak-Stammes von Sumatra, wohl 19. Jhd.(19th c.), 22x19 cm, Hs. beidseitig auf Baumrinde geschrieben u. in Leporelloform gefaltet 20 Bl. mit Illustrationen verziert / 20 feuilles en forme d'harmonica (leporello) écriture de haut en bas avec illustrations, ¶ Original handwritten magic or divination book of the Batak-People on tree bark. Magical incantation and recipe book (Pustaha) (Batak. Central Sumatra) . This special type of book called ,Pustaha' or ,Pustaka' is made of folded treebark (bast) and contains informations about magical practises and divinity in the form of text and drawings of magical symbols. It is handwritten in a syllabe script derived from the Indian Sanskrit. The language is one of the dialects of the 6 groups of the Batak people, living around the vulcanic Toba Lake and in the surrounding mountains in northern Sumatra. The Batak had the reputation to be fierce warriors who practised ritual cannibalism until they became subjects of the colonial Dutch East Indian government. They have a rich animistic tradition with complex rituals (funerals etc.). In most Batak communities, only the priests, or ,datu' were able to use the Batak script, and use it mainly for magical texts, divination, fortune telling, calendars and medicine. Only the datu and their students were supposed to know the secrets contained within these books. A unique and rare item. 'Bark-paper books like this one contain rituals and 'recipes' for magical incantations and spells. They were used by shamans (datu), and formed part of their ritual paraphernalia. The Batak are unique amongst tribal peoples in having a written language derived from Sanskrit introduced to Central Sumatra by Hindu traders more than a thousand years ago' (Art of the ancestors). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. cf.. The history of the Book, J. Hauck collection N° 41; Sian Jay, Art of the ancestors. Nias - Batak - Dayak (art) from the collections of Mark A. Gordon & P. Mondolin, page 41 - 43. Singapour 2007.
Offered for CHF 4500.00 = appr. US$ 5044.45 by: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd. - Book number: 100008
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