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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"145. Plate - "Kappara"A large serving plate, similar to those found on Aceh, with a roughly worked rim, and used similarly to those serving plates described above from Aceh.  All the brass objects which follow which are in use by the Buginese and the Makassars, were imported from Java, thus they are not native products. The brass industry in Java is an important part of the economy for whole towns and regions and the level of their skills in working with brass is quite high. Only the cheapest and roughest objects are imported to Celebes and put on sale since the natives there cannot pay for the more valuable pieces that one finds in the homes of nobles and privileged persons."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 35). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller