Carrying cage for fighting cocks
Tubanq manu
Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"246. Basket cage for fighting cocks - "Tubanq manu". A basket with a peculiar cylindrical shape made of rattan sticks, all of the same thickness, which are aligned and held together at their ends with more rattan. This basket has a front part like a cut-off cone which is also made of rattan and which has a small opening. The part at the back can be closed with a small board. This basket is used for holding and transporting the fighting cock which is to fight. The head of the cock is stuck in the front, cone-shaped part so that it can be pushed out through the small opening while the tail feathers of the animal can "escape" out of the back part of the basket, next to the little board. The basket is usually carried with a cord over the shoulder. On the days when there is a cock fight in one or another of the villages one sees natives streaming together from all directions carrying such baskets on their backs, proud of the contents and sure of victory for their beloved fighting cock. The basket is so low that the animal must squat down, pushed together tightly; if the animal is forced to remain in the cage for several hours it will have stiff legs when it finally exits its cage and the owner then reacts by carefully and with some anxiety stroking and massaging the legs and speaking loving words to the animal until it at last stands firmly on its legs and flaps its wings and begins to crow, to which the owner reacts with great satisfaction and a smiling face."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 54). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller
Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"246. Basket cage for fighting cocks - "Tubanq manu". A basket with a peculiar cylindrical shape made of rattan sticks, all of the same thickness, which are aligned and held together at their ends with more rattan. This basket has a front part like a cut-off cone which is also made of rattan and which has a small opening. The part at the back can be closed with a small board. This basket is used for holding and transporting the fighting cock which is to fight. The head of the cock is stuck in the front, cone-shaped part so that it can be pushed out through the small opening while the tail feathers of the animal can "escape" out of the back part of the basket, next to the little board. The basket is usually carried with a cord over the shoulder. On the days when there is a cock fight in one or another of the villages one sees natives streaming together from all directions carrying such baskets on their backs, proud of the contents and sure of victory for their beloved fighting cock. The basket is so low that the animal must squat down, pushed together tightly; if the animal is forced to remain in the cage for several hours it will have stiff legs when it finally exits its cage and the owner then reacts by carefully and with some anxiety stroking and massaging the legs and speaking loving words to the animal until it at last stands firmly on its legs and flaps its wings and begins to crow, to which the owner reacts with great satisfaction and a smiling face."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 54). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller
Collector:
František A. J. Czurda (1844 Pisek - 1886 Cirebon) DNB
Entry Date:
1883
Object Name
Carrying cage for fighting cocks
Culture
Süd-Sulawesi
Material/technology:
Bamboo, wood, cotton
Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien
Collection area
Insular Southeast Asia
Invs.
17498
