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Before the spread of print and modern national languages, communities across the Indonesian archipelago used a wide range of scripts to record religion, law, literature, and political authority. These writing systems reveal deep connections between local traditions and wider Asian intellectual networks.

An exploration of a Batak pangulubalang statue carved from a single piece of pale hardwood, examining ancestral symbolism, posture, and spiritual meaning in Batak culture.

An in depth study of a Batak porhalaan medicinal container carved from buffalo horn and wood, exploring the Batak calendar, singa symbolism, and the ritual role of the datu in North Sumatra.

Painting - Volcano and Lake Batur from Bali

Philately - stamp sheet with Mount Sewu, a UNESCO geopark

Philately - stamp sheet with Sukarno, Indonesia's first president