Author: POORTENAAR, J. & W.PH. COOLHAAS (COMPILERS),
Title: (compOnder Palmen en Waringins. Geest en Godsdienst van Insulinde. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Naarden, In den Toren, [circa], 1935. large 8°. original cloth, gilded front cover and spine. 320pp. Frontispiece, 7 fine tipped-in coloured plates after paintings and watercolours by J(an) Poortenaar, many black/white plates and illustrations in text, folded map of Dutch New Guinea, table of contents Dutch language Collection of 12 contributions to spiritual and religious belief with indigenous population groups of the Dutch East Indies by various scholars, eg. P. HEERKENS, Het lied van Saka Ladja (a hymn from Flores); Alb.C. KRUYT, Het Christenvolk der Bataks (christianized Batak tribes); W.G. GILBERT, De Muziek van Indonesië (Music of Indonesia); J. POORTENAAR, Het Wajangspel.. (Various forms of Wayang theatre, kulit, Wong, Topèng, with many illustrations of puppets and people). Very good copy.

Keywords: spiritual religion christianization indigenous populationgroups history contribution flores batak sumatra wayang culture religion heritage colonialism indonesia southeast asia