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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"196. Chest - "Baku urang".A middle-sized box of woven split lontar leaves, with a large number of smaller and larger compartments, divisions and drawers inside. This chest was used as a house apothecary, to store different, usually infallible wonder drugs. This is found in nearly every house. The whole chest is covered with a large lid which is inverted over it. On the outside the lid is decorated with delicate figures made of braided leaves colored red and black."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 47). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller