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steampunk_nusantara2010-03-29 01:09 pm
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Item: Invitation (Wedding)
Item is on a parchment-like material embroidered around the edges with gold thread. The ink does not look especially unusual but its substance is not known.
Parchment seems to be written in the Minangkabau language of Western Sumatera. Translation provides this:
Then there was another two lines in a barely-visible and unintelligable script.
The parchment made whistling-like sounds when waved; it is unclear whether it is the property of the parchment or something else.
References to Buni and Bunia may point to the Orang Bunian, or Whistle-Elves, who are normally unseen by human eyes. Marriages between Bunian and humans are not uncommon and have been recorded in historical accounts of Sumatera, but it is rare to obtain a direct artifact.
Could the Pungent-Flower refer to what we now call Rafflesia? Botanists?
Parchment seems to be written in the Minangkabau language of Western Sumatera. Translation provides this:
The Mato [head mother] Bunia of Ngarai Sianok
invites you to the wedding of
Grand Daughter Siareen Bunia
with
Aditja Marsukitjina
Kamakanan [heir] of Mato Darek Merapi
Isnen 2 Jumaada al-THaany 1191 Hijrihi
Anno Dominus 7 Julai 17-77
First star after sunset, when the sky is as blue as sapphire.
Rumah Gadang Buni Sianok, after the Pungent-Flower and the riverbend
Visitors: Follow the scent of the Pungent-Flower and wait by the petals. After each star the Kamakanan of Mato Bunia will allow you entry. Only those with this decree of welcome as marked by Mato Bunia will be allowed into the Rumah Gadang.
Then there was another two lines in a barely-visible and unintelligable script.
The parchment made whistling-like sounds when waved; it is unclear whether it is the property of the parchment or something else.
References to Buni and Bunia may point to the Orang Bunian, or Whistle-Elves, who are normally unseen by human eyes. Marriages between Bunian and humans are not uncommon and have been recorded in historical accounts of Sumatera, but it is rare to obtain a direct artifact.
Could the Pungent-Flower refer to what we now call Rafflesia? Botanists?