Indonesia
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of 88 objects associated with Indonesia which date from between 1874 and 1998. This collection consists predominantly of weapons but also includes costume, textiles, puppets, models, musical instruments, tools, archaeological material, bronze ware, furniture, coins, carvings and ritual objects. Material from Papua, formerly Irian Jaya, which was made a province of Indonesia in 1969, forms the largest amount of material in the collection. It consists of Dani and Asmat tribal material, such as a carved wood ancestor figure and a ceremonial sago bowl, which was purchased from Captain AC Tough, a United Nations' official stationed in Papua. Another group originates from Java and includes a rare 14th-century bronze container decorated with signs of the Hindu zodiac and a set of Kain batik samples illustrating the stages of manufacture. Other unique and interesting objects include a carved ancestral pillar statue and the harness of a war horse, both from the Moluccas. The Republic of Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state, comprising over 17,500 islands, of which only around 6,000 are inhabited. Its combined 33 provinces make Indonesia the fourth largest populated country and the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world.
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