Book made with a bone cover (inside strange symbols & drawings. What is the origin?

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Posted 8 years ago

ddorey
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Book origin unknown (native??)
Book cover is made of bone (one side looks like a lizard & other side ???
Strange symbols and drawings, (10 pages on each side) and 36 inches when opened. (4 inches by 3 1/2 inches when closed.

Would like to know the origin or any info on this.
Thanks

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CanyonRoad, 8 years ago
It's not Native American, it's a traditional divination book, or "pustaha," from Indonesia. Made with pages made from bark, and in a traditional folding form, it's associated with the Batak people of Sumatra.

See: http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/159782 or do a web search for "pustaha" to confirm.
ddorey, 8 years ago
Many thanks,
Will check out the website that you sent.
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Gillian, 8 years ago
Great ID Canyon. A very interesting piece.

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