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Bundle of lontar (palmyra) palm, pierced near one end and tied together with a cord that is then wrapped around them, making a book. Each piece is covered with an incised fine handwriting, unidentified (most closely resembles Arabic or Indonesian?).
reed (grass, material)
reed (grass, material)
Reed
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD055
Unknown
1 1/4 x 11/16 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1460
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