Batak bark book

This material is held atHull University Archives, Hull History Centre

Reference
- GB 50 U DSE/45
Dates of Creation
- 18th-20th cent.
Language of Material
- Batak languages
Physical Description
- 1 volume

Scope and Content

Side A. Ff. 1-34 has 4-8 lines in Simalungun Batak script on each folio, beginning: Parang dasang pada rangku. At the head of f.2 is an animal diagram parallel to the text. (Side 1 is blank)

Side B. Ff. 1-3; blank. F. B.4 has a fish diagram. B.4-31 have simple wind-roses, d sa na ualu, with some letters at the ends of the radial lines, but no independent text. B.32 has a complex magic pattern, B.33 another wind-rose; B.34 is blank

Access Information

Access will be granted to any accredited reader

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

34 folios with no covers. 6.5 x 5.8 cm

Archive Record|Table of contents

Artificial Collection of South-East Asian ManuscriptsU DSE

Bamboo tile. The spell of Suting Nursani to disarm malevolent spirits in virgin jungle about to be cleared for planting. Redjang, South SumatraU DSE/1

A lover's grief: a lyrical poem of the Panton genre in Ka-Ga-Nga script on a bamboo tile. Redjang, South Sumatra.U DSE/2

Simbur Tjahaya legal digest of the Redjang of South Sumatra inscribed in Ka-Ga-Nga syllabic script on rattanU DSE/3

Filipino bamboo cylinder text from Tagbanua, Palawan Island, the PhilippinesU DSE/4

Bamboo strip text with Tagbanua syllabic script from Palawan Island, SW PhilippinesU DSE/5

Bamboo strip text with Tagbanua syllabic script from Palawan Island, SW PhilippinesU DSE/6

Letter of a suitor; a text in Ka-Ga-Nga script on a bamboo cylinder. Pedjang, South SumatraU DSE/7

Illustrated manuscript, on paper, probably a text on divination, in Cham script, from CambodiaU DSE/8

North Sumatran Karo Batak book (pustaka) of magical ordeals, in root ink on barkU DSE/9

Copper plate manuscript with tradiitonal script from Pasemah, South SumatraU DSE/10

Sinhalese manuscript in Pali on palm leaf with painted wooden boards. CeylonU DSE/11

Serat Menak (The Nobleman): a Javanese adaptation of the Malay Amir Hamzah. Romanised scriptU DSE/12

Notebook (17ff). Beschrijving van het District Salem, en in het bithonder van het gefricht Goenoeng-negera door Raden Srio Rjondro Negaro, auch ein proefschrift van KT Holle.U DSE/13

Bill, in Khmer, made on the Middle Mekong, CambodiaU DSE/14

Bill, in Chinese, made on the Middle Mekong, CambodiaU DSE/15

Preah reah samphear: a Cambodian lontar tessera, printed on bambooU DSE/16

Cambodian proverbs: a Cambodian lontar tessera, printed on bambooU DSE/17

Batak pustaka. Given in memory of George and Lena Home of Padang Tjermin and Padang Brahrang, Deli, Sumatra O.K. and East lothian, ScotlandU DSE/18

Single leaf (Ko = f.9) from a Kammavaca. Palm leaf, gilded and lacquered, with text in Burmese square or 'tamarind' script. Pali languagU DSE/19

Braided manuscript binder from Rangoon with Pali scriptU DSE/20

Burmese astrological calendar. Palm leaf. BurmaU DSE/21

Samasa. Part of Kaccayana's grammar dealing with Pali word compounds. Palm leaf. Burmese script. Pali. Burma.U DSE/22

Karaka. Part of Kaccayana's grammar dealing with Pali verbs. Palm leaf. Burmese script. Pali. BurmaU DSE/23

Photograph album 'taken by EB Maundrell in Malaya and sent to S.E.M. for Xmas 1909'U DSE/24

Printed addresses from the Mohammedan Advisory Board, Penang, to Hon. Walter Cecil Mitchell, Resident Councillor, Penang, celebrating the successful conclusion of World War IU DSE/25

Printed address from representatives of the national communities in Ipoh and the District of Kinta to Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas, Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States, on his visit to IpohU DSE/26

Photocopy. Letter. Charles Seager Brett, Langkon Estates, Kudat, to his brother BertU DSE/27

Ts. 'Education in the Netherlands Indies' by BHM VlekkeU DSE/28

'The school system of the Netherlands Indies', being a contination of DSE/28U DSE/29

History of the Redjang Kingdom, compiled and arranged by Mohammas Hoessein, District Chief of the Redjang-Lebong ResidencyU DSE/30

Folktale from Redjang. 'Tjerito tun mengetalang'U DSE/31

Grant. William Farquhar, Resident of Singapore to Ram SammyU DSE/32

Ts. 'Anthology of Malaya', compiled and edited by HR Cheeseman, CMGU DSE/33

Diary of an officer in the Public Works Department, PenangU DSE/34

Album of photographs: Vancouver; Hong Kong; Penang; Taipin; Pundit; Ipoh; Sitiawan; Gopeng; Kuala LumpurU DSE/35

Album of photographs: a visit by HMS Malaya, and unveiling a statue of Sir Frank A Swettenham (at Kuala Lumpur?)U DSE/36

Register of Directors and Secretary of the Borneo Rubber Estate Owners Co. LtdU DSE/37

Ts. carbon copy. Translation by CW Watson of 'Bukan Pasar Malam' ('It's not an All-night Fair'), by Pramoedya Ananta TorU DSE/38

Paper ms. Cham translation of a Malay Sufi magical/mystical textU DSE/39

Palm leaf manuscriptU DSE/40

Manuscript on palm leaves. 'Abhidhammatthasangaga', by AnuruddhaU DSE/41

Cham manuscript fragmentsU DSE/42

Batak bark book in Simalungun Batak scriptU DSE/43

Batak bark bookU DSE/44

Batak bark bookU DSE/45

Large Batak bark bookU DSE/46

Memoirs of John Beville Archer (1893 - 1948), of the Sarawak Administrative ServiceU DSE/47