KEBUDAYAAN NUSANTARA SEBELUM MASEHI

Salah satu wilayah sebaran kebudayaan Megalithikum yang cukup kaya peninggalannya adalah : Taman Nasional LORE LINDU, yang membentang sepanjang Lembah NAPU, Lembah BESOA dan Lembah BADA – Sulawesi Tengah. Pembuktian sejarah, bahwa kebudayaan tinggi telah mewarnai kehidupan suku-suku bangsa di Nusantara.

Dokumentasi : TROPENMUSEUM Linnaeusstraat 2, 1092 CK Amsterdam

Postal address: PO Box 95001, 1090 HA Amsterdam

Kebudayaan Purba Nusantara di era MEGALITHIKUM yang terabadikan di daerah TANAH TORAJA – SULAWESI. Memperlihatkan Batu Monolith yang menjadi ciri era tersebut, entah bagaimana kondisinya saat ini …… semoga kekayaan budaya ini dapat terjaga hingga sekarang.

Dokumentasi : TROPENMUSEUM, Linnaeusstraat 2, 1092 CK Amsterdam

Postal address: PO Box 95001, 1090 HA Amsterdam

Nama : KAPAK BATU

Fungsi : Pusaka Kubur

Material : Batu Chalcedony

Era : -BCE – 60th Century


Asal : Jawa Barat

Quadrangular Axe – 7

Type: Archaeological

Materials: Chalcedony

Measurements Thickness: 1,4 cm.

Creator name: unknown

Where it was made: Indonesia; West Java

Time period: -BCE – 60th Century


Function: Amulet, Burial item

Acquisition: unknownCopyright Acknowledgements:

Owner: Museum Nasional

Museum: Museum Nasional

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Why this is a masterpiece:

It can be concluded from the axe’s attractive appearance, the way it was perfectly made and the materials it was made out of, that this particular example was most likely an amulet, a burial item or barter object as opposed to an everyday object

Nama : NEKARA

Material : Perunggu

Ukuran : Diameter 76 cm

Asal : Nusa Tenggara

Era : -BCE – 25th CenturyKettle Drum – 3364

Type: Archaeological


Materials: Bronze

Measurements Diameter: 76 cm.

Creator name: unknown

Where it was made: Indonesia; Nusa Tenggara; Sangeang Island

Time period: -BCE – 25th Century

Function: Used in rituals and ceremonies, including a calling for rain ceremony.

Acquisition: unknownCopyright Acknowledgements:

Owner: Museum Nasional


Museum: Museum Nasional

Credit lineWhy this is a masterpiece:

The drum is uniquely decorated with geometric motifs. The frog is a symbol of rain and prosperity.