Object class: Documents by form / Collection place: Greater Sunda Islands, Indonesia / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Calendar, accession number 18-945, described as calendar inscribed in Batak script on a joint of bamboo; Context of use: calendar divided into 12 months of 30 days each; used for determining lucky and unlucky days for various undertakings, especially marriages and wars. Sometimes the magician spins it into a dish of water and reads the upper visible portion as an augury