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the statue. Before removing Lamiaha, Müller-Wismar photographed the deity's image in the original setting. Height 212 cm (RJM). Page 4. Ancestor statue from Leti. Height 26 cm; length 31 cm (RJM).
CONTENTS
| Preface | 9 | |
| Introduction | 10 | |
| Part I | The Past | 16 |
| Chapter I | ||
| Traces of Prehistoric Times | 18 | |
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| Chapter II | ||
| A Turbulent History | 22 | |
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| Part II | Boat and Crew | 30 |
| Chapter III | ||
| Boat Symbolism of the West | 32 | |
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| Chapter IV | ||
| Deceased and Deities of the West | 48 | |
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| Chapter V | ||
| Boat Symbolism of the East | 68 | |
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| Chapter VI | ||
| Deceased and Deities of the East | 86 | |
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| Part III | The Language of Things | 106 |
| Chapter VII | ||
| The Heat of Gold | 108 | |
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| Chapter VIII | ||
| The Coolness of Cloth | 124 | |
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| Chapter IX | ||
| Pottery Full of Vitality | 140 | |
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| Chapter X | ||
| Life and Death in Plaiting | 146 | |
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| Afterword | 153 | |
| Glossary | 154 | |
| Notes | 156 | |
| Bibliography | 158 | |
| Index | 160 |
PREFACE
Every western scientific researcher travelling to Indonesia for research in Maluku Tenggara during the past decades, sooner or later encountered Andre P. C. Sol, who was bishop of the diocese of Amboina from February 1964 until October 1994.
In Keuskupan Amboina, the episcopal residence, one was not only warmly welcomed, but also informed about the most recent developments
