Version & Scope

555 records from 27 institutional collections. Version 1 documents 555 institutional records, with 19 institutions providing data directly. Of these, 226 records were selected for the curated collection through co-curation with Marapu practitioners, with interpretation governed by Marapu authority.

Inclusion criteria (v1.0)

• Objects attributed to East Sumba in institutional records
• Verified accession number
• Dating assessment completed
• Image displayed only where the holding institution's licence permits, otherwise linked

Known limitations

• Institutional dating is uneven; where this archive's assessment differs from the holding institution's, both are shown.
• Attributions inherited from historical catalogues may reflect the collecting era's assumptions; revision is ongoing.
• A further 329 records were reviewed and not selected for this version through the co-curation process; selection is revisited in subsequent versions as review continues.
• Coverage reflects what institutions hold and publish — it is a map of the institutional record, not of East Sumbanese material culture as such.

Changelog