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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0118 00053

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/873246

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Pesisir Selatan (Sumatera Barat)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Sutan Achmad Kosasi

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Document

Copyist:

Anonymous

Script:

Jawi

Writing support:

Wolf paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

32.6 x 21 cm

Text block dimension:

23 x 17 cm

Number of pages:

6 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript contains a pawn agreement text. The text explains that a “Keling” pawned nine trees for 20 rupiah to a Chinese person.

Other notes:

On the back of the text, there is also a statement that a woman pawned three coconut trees on Marak Island belonging to Tuanku Regen Tarusan, who passed away in Mecca.

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Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Surat Gadai]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Malay