Friday, March 9, 2012

BUGIS BATTLE ARMOR



Type: Body Armor
Classification: Weapons & Armor
Name: BUGIS BATTLE ARMOR

Indigenous name: LAMENA
Function: Defenses and protect
Region: Insular South-East Asia
Culture: South Sulawesi
Origin: Makassar, Soth Sulawesi, Indonesia
Time period: ---
Materials: Brass, copper and Izer

Dimension: 65 x 45,5 cm
Inventory number: 522-1

Collection:
National Museum of Ethnology
(Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde)
Steenstraat 1, Leiden 2300 AE, The Netherlands

Publications about the object:
See related literature: Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Endang Sri Hardiati & Pieter ter Preferred (red), Indonesia - The discovery of the past, KIT Publishers, Amsterdam 2005, p.162

Publications:
Endang Sri Hardiati & Pieter ter Preferred (red), Indonesia - The discovery of the past, KIT Publishers, Amsterdam 2005, p. 162 

Exhibition history:
Exhibited at the exhibition "Indonesia - The discovery of the past," December 17, 2005 - April 17, 2006, in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. 

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