Collection of Batak writings, ca. 1918, 1927.

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Collection of Batak writings, ca. 1918, 1927.

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Bartlett collected these incised bamboo sticks and bark in 1918 and 1927 in Asahan, a part of the Batak country in Sumatra, where very little of the old Batak culture remains. The great majority of the inscriptions were written by a few informants at Bartlett's request. The inscriptions include traditional writing- and reading-manuals, short poems, letters, and incantations for magic.

ca. 600 bamboo sticks.

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Bartlett, Harley Harris, 1886-1960

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