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Reporter  : Tarmizi Age
 
Denmark 4 July 2007
 
The Acehnese Inheritance at the National Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
 
The Acehnese sultanate and a sort of Acehnese state, that goes back houndreds of years is not just an invention of cheap nationalist propoganda, but a historical fact that is supported by various sources. The european representative of KMPD and The Acehnese Society in Denmark has tried to uncover Acehs historical records by tracking some of the objects from the Acehnese past that are kept well in European museums. The efforts of KMPD and ASF has borne fruit as we have seen more than a houndred photos of antique items from Aceh that are stored at the National Museum in Denmark.
 
In the big old mansion that houses the National Museum in Copenhagen the ethnographic collection counts more than a houndred historic objects from Aceh.
No less than 140 beautyfull antique objects originating from Aceh can be found in the collection that constitutes of things, collected by explorers, traders, anthropologists and sailors have brought back from Aceh. By the help of Marie Bjornager Jensen, student of Anthropology at the University in Aarhus, Denmark, who specializes in Aceh and the Inspector of the departement for India, Southeast Asia and Oceania Bente Wolff we have come across this valuable collection. Among the items are shields and knives that are estimated to be of unique national imortance for Denmark and things that are handed over to the museum by the Royal Danish Arts Chamber.
 
The eldest object in the collection is a beautyfull silver knife made in 1748.  The collection also counts a cigarette case witch is filed with the message “his Majesty the King”, but it is not evident if the the Danish king has ever owned this item and how it might have come into his possesion.
”It is a good thing if the people from the area, that the things come from see those things with their own eyes”, saya Bente Wolff, the inspector of the departement for India, Southeast Asia and Oceania at the Ethnographic Collection at the National Museum in Copenhagen.
 
Indeed, looking at these old things in the Museum in Denmark, one can easily imagine the life of the Acehnese 80-200 years ago when they were manufactured. We can imagine how some of them must have looked wearing the sarongs, scarfs and trousers from gold threaded silk, weawed silk hats and silver necklaces, earrings and belts. We can imagine the daily life of the acehnese when seeing the simple objects like cigarettes, a tinderbox, chew tobacco, beautyfully wowen straw mats and lids from banana leaves and colored paper to cover the food, a betelnut scissors and lamps. Moreover there are evidence of the acehnese’ religious life such as pieces of cloth with golden embroidered islamic symbols and even a few toombstones, that have come into the Museums possesion.
 
One of the most interesting objects in the collection is a flag dated to 1850-1900. Unlike the present acehnese flag this one is all red with white applications in form of a crescent a big star, four small dots (stars) and two swords. This flag could have been made in connection to the war against the Duch (1873-1903) and must have it´s own political meaning, allthough the story behind it is not recorded.
 
The collection, that counts numerous swords, knifes, guns and other armory bears witness to the political situation in Aceh at the time of the aquisition of the items, both of the Duch war but also of peacefull connections with the sourrounding states and tribes. Its testifies that the era of globalisation had already begun long before our time.
 
Learning about this collection of Acehnese items in European museums, such as in Denmark, the European representative of Peace and Democracy Monitoring Committee (KMPD) and the Acehnese Society in Denmark (ASF), encourages the Acehnese Government and Acehnese Museums to take measures to give the Acehnese an opportunity to see these things from the past with their own eyes, by, temporarily,bringing them back to Aceh.
 
 
 
 


Tarmizi Age
Formand for KMPD
Europæiske Afdeling
Mølleparken 20
9690 Fjerritslev Denmark
Mobile/HP : (+45) 24897172
http://www.kmpd.or.id
 

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