Cultural History In Focus | “Pangolin, Rama, and the garden in Lanka in the 9th century CE: A few notes on a symbolically powerful “anteater” by Jiri Jakl

A Javanese pangolin
C.H. Japing
1910-1932
TM-60051216
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Pangolin, Rama, and the garden in Lanka in the 9th century CE

A few notes on a symbolically powerful “anteater”

by Jiří Jákl

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This article is generously provided by Jiří Jákl and Archipel.

Manis javanica
1700-1880
Print
Iconographia Zoologica
Special Collections University of Amsterdam

A Javanese pangolin (Manis Javanica Desen)
Unknown photographer
1930
TM-10006609
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Hat or Food Covering?
Early 19th century
Palm leaf, wood, pangolin scales
Donated by South Kensington Museum in 1869
As.5492
© The Trustees of the British Museum

Wooden Balinese statue of a pangolin
ca. 1930-1947
TM-3525-95
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Pangolin
C.H. Japing
TM-60026811
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

A Javanese pangolin
C.H. Japing
1910-1932
TM-60051224
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Breast Shield
Borneo
Before 1883
RV-401-38
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Sunda Pangolin feeding in a branch.
Pangombusan, Parmaksian, Kabupaten Toba Samosir, Sumatera Utara
Frendi Apen Irawan

Anatomische Untersuchungen über die Edentaten, 1852
Wilhelm Ludwig von Rapp, 1794-1868
Smithsonian Libraries

Food Covering
Palembang
Before 1887
TM-A-2548
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Breast Shield
Borneo
Before 1884
RV-454-16
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Dayak Shield | Kliau
Borneo
1875-1925
TM-1772-945
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Caṇḍi Śiwa relief at Prambanan showing a pangolin (bottom, to the right).
Credit: Véronique Degroot.

Sleeveless war jacket or cuirass
Circa early 19th century
Pangolin skin, barkcloth, hide
Purchased from Royal United Services Institute in 1869
As1896,-.1189
© The Trustees of the British Museum

Colophon

Author | © Jiří Jákl
Publication | Archipel, Vol. 97, p. 69-86
Date of Publication | June 11, 2019