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Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 9-13657, described as Abacus manual: “the Fundamental Operations in Bead Arithmetic”; picture of a Chinese teacher and three students using the abacus on the front cover; instruction on how to use the abacus
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 9-20543, described as Blank book with accordian pages, textile cover, loose page
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 18-942, described as Book, written in Batak character in black ink on a long piece of bark folded like an accordion. A magician’s book for controlling spirits. Width 6 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number NO-TEMP165, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 1-255364, described as THAT WAS A DREAM WORTH BUILDING 19 colored tipped in plates; dust jacket has illustration in color; written by Louis J. Stellmann with his photos colored by Edith Kinney Stellman. 42 total pages. Souvenir of Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco.
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 18-1252, described as Book with lontar palm leaves with incised letters and bamboo (?) outer wrappers; bronze Chinese coin attached to cord which holds book together. Book is in Pisau writing, in the Sasak language, and deals with the kings in Lombok. It is ca. 150 years old at time of accessioning (so ca. 1830). It was formerly owned by Raja Selaparang. At the time collected only a few people could still red the book. Length 16.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 9-17550, described as Book ( manuscript); palm leaf book, 47 leaves with incised text in Sinhalese ( Buddhist text) with opening lines in Pali; two outer boards are brown- stained and beveled wood; two-ply cotton cord through 2 perforations with coin toggle hold specimen together; boards are 38.3 x 5.3 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 9-13026, described as book; accordion-pleated paper book; text deals with Buddhistic prayers; mostly in Pali language in 'Tham' script; some charts, diagrams; on page w/ [square drawing] design part of text reads: "An individual who has divided something will..."; 36.7 x 14.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 9-TEMP23, described as book, "insect-musicians & cricket champs of china
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 18-1543, described as Book, bark, with dark brown wooden covers, one of which has a gecko in relief; the bark folds accordion-fashion, written on both sides in Batak script of Indic derivation; includes diagrams of supernatural spirits and apotropaic signs. Contains formulas for carrying out certain exorcisms and rituals. It is a mnemonic device for Batak sorcerers. 18 x 13.6 x 3 cm.

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