A review of the ethnological investigations in the Dutch Indian archipelago / by J.C. van Eerde.

  • Eerde, J. C. van (Johan Christiaan), 1871-1936.
Date:
1923
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Credit: A review of the ethnological investigations in the Dutch Indian archipelago / by J.C. van Eerde. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A REVIEW OF THE ETHNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE DUTCH INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. Section 1. Here we mean by Dutch Indian Archipelago that part of Indonesian Anstronesia which is governed by the Dutch. This Archipelago, inhabited by about hfty million natives, consists therefore of Indonesia without the continental portion, without Formosa, the Philippine Islands and Madagascar, but it includes New G-ninea; the non-Diitch portions of the last-named island, of Borneo and of Timor, will hoAvever only be treated incidentally. The Archipelago thus dehned lies approximately between 6° N.L. and 11° S.L. and between 95° —141° longitude east of Greenwich, and comprises a land surface six times as large as Great Britain and Ireland, or fifty-eight times as large as Holland. It is inhabited by a very large number of ethnical groups and siib-gronps, of which the principal are: In and near Sunuitra: the Achehnese; the Gajo and Alas; the Bataks; the Menang Kabau Malay; the Malay of the east coast and the Phan Archipelago; the Southern Sumatrans; the inhabitants of the islands to the west of Sumatra. hi and near Java: The Sundanese; the Javanese; the eastern Javanese with the Madurese. To the east of Java: the Balinese; the inhabitants of the other „Small Sunda Islands”; the inhabitants of the Timor group. In the Moluccas: the Papuans of New Guinea and the surrounding islands; the inhabitanrs of the Southern (Amboina) Moluccas; those of the Northern (Ternate) Moluccas. In and near Celebes: the inhabitants of Northern Celebes; those of central Celebes (Toradja); the Mangkassara people and the Bugis. In and near Borneo: the native tribes of Borneo (Dyaks). These ethnical groups will be considered below together with the ethnological investigations concerning them and the results obtained. We need hardly say that in the limited space available only the most important aspects can l;)e dealt with.