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TEMPO | 16 March 2025

Nias Artifacts in the Land of Windmills

Writer
Linawati Sidarto

Thousands of objects and artifacts from Nias were transported to the Netherlands during the colonial era. They are still preserved in several Dutch museums.

 

Original article is in Indonesian.

Artifacts brought by the Dutch at the Colonial Institute, Department of Ethnology, Amsterdam, 1917–1925. Nias Exhibition Catalogue/Wereldmuseum