Cultural History In Focus | “The Merchant and the King: Political Myths of Southeast Asian Coastal Polities” by Pierre-Yves Manguin

 

Royal Crown | Siak
© Museum Nasional Indonesia

 
 

The Merchant and the King

Political Myths of Southeast Asian Coastal Polities

 

by Pierre-Yves Manguin

 
 

This article is generously provided here by Pierre-Yves Manguin.

 

Royal Crown | Kutai Kertanegara
© Museum Nasional Indonesia

Royal Crown | Bantam
© Museum Nasional Indonesia

Ceremonial Knife and Sheath | Buleleng, Bali | 1850-1864
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Rama astride Garuda | Buleleng, Bali | c. 1850
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

 

Ceremonial Banner Cloth | Palepai
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Ceremonial Cloth | Tampan
© Fowler Museum at UCLA

Ceremonial Cloth | Tampan
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Ceremonial Banner Cloth | Palepai
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Detail of Ceremonial Sarong | Tapis
© Dallas Museum of Art

Beaded Banner | Palepai Maju
© Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ceremonial Banner Cloth | Palepai
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

 

Sultan of Kutai Kertanegara
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Sultan of Siak
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

King of Buleleng
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

The Crown Prince of Kutai Kertanegara
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

 

Market Scene in Bantam | 1596
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

Seafaring Warriors of Bantam | 1596
© Rijksmuseum

Royal Barge in Borneo | 1601
© Rijksmuseum

Arabian Traders in Bantam | 1596
© Rijksmuseum

The Governor (Ki Patih) and the Supreme Sjaich (Kali) of Bantam | 1596
© Rijksmuseum

Chinese Merchants in Bantam | 1596
© Rijksmuseum

 

The city and harbor of Bantam | 1726

 

Royal Barge of Kutai Kertanegara | 1872

 
 

Pierre-Yves Manguin

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Pierre-Yves Manguin is emeritus professor of archaeology at the Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO, French School of Asian Studies, Paris). His research focuses on early history and archaeology of coastal states and trade networks of Southeast Asia.

Starting in the early 1980s, he has lead archaeological work in the South Sumatra and West Java in Indonesia, and in the Mekong Delta in Southern Vietnam, focussing on harbour-city sites situated along the main trade routes, and on shipwreck sites of Indonesia.

He has published on themes related to the archaeology of the early states of Srivijaya (South Sumatra), Funan (Mekong Delta), Tarumanagara (West Java), and on trade and state formation processes in Southeast Asia.

 
 

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Author | Pierre-Yves Manguin
Publisher | Cornell University Southeast Asia Program
Issue | Vol. 52 — pgs. 41-54
Year of Publication | 1991