Cultural History In Focus | “Sultans’ Palaces and Museums in Indonesian Borneo” by Bernard Sellato

Bronze Shrine Figure © Dallas Museum of Art — Bronze Shrine Figure
© Dallas Museum of Art

Sultans’ Palaces and Museums in Indonesian Borneo

National Policies, Political Decentralization, Cultural Depatrimonization, Identity Relocalization, 1950-2010

by Bernard Sellato

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This article is generously provided by Bernard Sellato.

Ceremonial Bowl © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen — Ceremonial Bowl
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Memorial Pole © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen — Memorial Pole
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Carved Wooden Head © Museo Nazionale Preistorico ed Etnografico Luigi Pigorini — Carved Wooden Head
© Museo Nazionale Preistorico ed Etnografico Luigi Pigorini

Hudoq Mask © Kulturhistorisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo — Hudoq Mask
© Kulturhistorisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo

Royal Hanging © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen — Royal Hanging
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Men’s Hat | Ngaju © Kulturhistorisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo — Men’s Hat | Ngaju
© Kulturhistorisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo

Royal Flag | Kutai Kertanegara © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen — Royal Flag | Kutai Kertanegara
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Bark Cloth Jacket | Kenyah © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen — Bark Cloth Jacket | Kenyah
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Sword | Sambas © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen — Sword | Sambas
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Dagger | Kutai Kertanegara © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen — Dagger | Kutai Kertanegara
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Painted Shield © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen — Painted Shield
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Ceremonial Hanging © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen — Ceremonial Hanging
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Diamond of Banjarmasin. This diamond is spoils of war. Once owned by Panembahan Adam, the Sultan of Banjarmasin (Kalimantan). Circa 1875. © Rijksmuseum — Diamond of Banjarmasin. This diamond is spoils of war. Once owned by Panembahan Adam, the Sultan of Banjarmasin (Kalimantan). Circa 1875.
© Rijksmuseum

Royal Gold Crown | Kutai Kertanegara © Museum Nasional Indonesia — Royal Gold Crown | Kutai Kertanegara
© Museum Nasional Indonesia

Bernard Sellato

Bernard Sellato is a geologist (MSc 1973) and anthropologist (PhD 1987), former director (1999-2004) of the Institute of Research on Southeast Asia (IRSEA, now IrASIA) in Marseilles, France, and editor (1999-2008) of the journal Moussons. Social Science Research on Southeast Asia.

He currently is a Senior Researcher (emeritus), Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CNRS, EHESS, INaLCO), PSL Research University, Paris. He published a dozen books, including Hornbill and Dragon. Arts and Cultures of Borneo (1989, 1992), Nomads of the Borneo Rainforest (1989, 1994), and Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest (2012), as well as a large number of articles and book chapters.