Author: KÖHLER, R.J.,
Title: Habinsaran. Het land van den zonnestraal. Mijn leven onder de Bataks.
Description: Zutphen, 1926. thick 8°. Orig. cloth, title in bold gilt lettering on front boards. Hftitle(verso blank). 489pp. ills. on 28 plates, sketch-map of Batak-country, Tapanuli residency with key, fold. map of the region, 1: 200 000 with key at very end, errata. Supplies first-hand information on the Batak-population, Habinsaran-region, Tapanuli-residency by a dutch civil servant, a controleur, incl. notes on his various tours of duty in the region, batak customs & beliefs, political organization, daily life, administration, &c. A much underestimated 'report'. A good copy. (spine sunned).

Keywords: batak recollections civil service tapanuli tapanoeli hanbinsaran colonialism sumatra indonesia southeast asia