Batak manuscripts collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 226", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"226", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Batak manuscripts collection"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 18th century", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".45 linear foot (3 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of three volumes written in Toba dialect of the Batak language. One volume is book of favorable days and epochs, and other two volumes are soothsayers' books from Sumatra, Indonesia. All volumes are written in black ink on bark leaves (in accordion folds).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 12M?"}

{"date"=>"1912", "source"=>"Draper, Mrs. Henry", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Draper, Mrs. Henry, 1912"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p></p>", "type"=>"host"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"Batak manuscripts collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" Collection consists of three volumes written in Toba dialect of the Batak language. One volume is book of favorable days and epochs, and other two volumes are soothsayers' books from Sumatra, Indonesia. All volumes are written in black ink on bark leaves (in accordion folds).", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.45 linear feet (3 v.)

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