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Re: The Indonesian connection in African history: Not exactly an African dilemma |
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dick-read |
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Jun 10, 05 - 11:02 AM |
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robert.dread@ntlworld.com |
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Dear Professor Wim van Binsbergen.
I have just noticed, on your SHIKANDA FORUM, that you publish the entire letter you sent me some months ago. This is absolutely splendid; but it doubles my surprise that you were so upset that Thurlton should reproduce but one line of it! Maybe there is an academic etiquette of which we are unaware!
While writing to you, perhaps you could help me.....
I am trying to find records of how people of Indonesia counted in ancient times, with particular interest in the people of the Barito valley and western Sulawezi. Systems based on 5? - on 10? - on 20? - visual systems with fingers and hands in different positions, etc - or perhaps some lovely system such as used by the Mandinka for who 40 (known as 'mattress') was a multiple of 8 x 5 based on the number of fingers and toes of a man and wife lying together in bed! Do you know of any studies that have been done on pre-colonial counting sustems in Indonesia?
Regards,
Robert Dick-Read |
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