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The Abu Bakar Collection
Bandai Village, Pantar, Alor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia

Oral History Interview with Sanusi Abu Bakar
Date of Interview: 11 January 2023


This collection of ritual heirlooms (pusaka) was once considerably larger but over the years several artefacts have gone missing or were sold off. Among the most important pieces that remain are a helmet, which local tradition holds to be that of a soldier from Majapahit who arrived on Pantar to support the community during an attack from Munaseli.

The relationship between Pantar and Majapahit is traditionally traced back to a split between Javanese siblings. The older brother was evil and corrupt and fancied his brother’s wife. In pursuit of her, he banished his younger brother, Bangsal Kulino, who eventually settled in Pantar.
The helmet was formerly part of an ensemble of weapons and military regalia, but most other pieces were sold off some time ago. Another artefact related to the military history of Bandai is a modern cannon that is installed just outside of the house currently holding the collection.
Other items from the collection included a set of Javanese gongs.

The largest of them is still kept in Pantar, while a smaller one was transported to Lebang. Still held on site is a khutbah scroll that is believed to have been brought to Pantar from Mecca by a mystical village elder. Legend has it that everyone wanted to possess the scroll including the Buginese traders who were active on the island. They came on seven ships and they met Bakar, asking to read it. However the scroll miraculously went missing on any such occasion, but would later reappear in Bakar’s house once the outsiders had left.

The full metadata for this oral history interview can be found in the Maritime Asia Heritage Survey database under record MAHS-IDN-COL-032

Credits
Interviewer : Ahmad Kholdun Ibnu Sholah
Production Supervisor : Multia Zahara
Videographer : Andri Saputra
Video Editing : Kota Tanyoe
Drone Pilot : Fauzan Azhima N. Alidoray
Interview Summary : Kota Tanyoe, R. Michael Feener
Music : “Volcanic Winds - Gelombang Timur,” Gugas Fema Maluku Utara. Available on The Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/gugusgema... CreativeCommons Attributions-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0

This oral history video was produced by the Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS). The MAHS documents endangered historical and archaeological sites across Southern Asia through intensive fieldwork and the production of an open-access digital archive. The project is led by Professor R. Michael Feener at the Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), and funded by Arcadia. For open-access to the complete MAHS dataset of archaeological sites and historical artifacts, please visit us at: https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.ky...

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