THE TRADITIONAL INHERITANCE MUSEUM

The religious and ancestor-oriented Indonesian people are inseparable from a wide range of articles of inheritance around them. Literally,the articles are material goods or ancestral objects passed on from generation to generation. Most ancestral articles demand a special treatment reflecting the cultural system of their people. The making and using of, and caring for the items require specific steps to follow. 

 

The wide variety of traditional article of inheritance and the philosophical meaning within the article are closely related to the belief system and lifestyle of a group of people. A traditional article of inheritance is often considered as a work of art of great value. Therefore, the Traditional Inheritance Museum in Taman Mini “Indonesia Indah” completes another side of the priceless culture of Indonesia.

The museum of 1,535 square meters out-lines a shape of pentagon cut sideways. The interior design is based on specific characteristics of material, regions and periods of making and use of the traditional articles. Today, apart from spears and swords, the museum’s display is dominated by keris, daggers with a wavy blade, of many different types, shapes, place of origin, and era. Undeniably, the daggers and other traditional weapons are common or are treated as traditional inheritance.

Keris is the traditional weapon found in nearly all regions in Indonesia. Besides being highly-valuable cultural artifacts, most keris have magic-religious values. The famed adornment of pattern that a keris has, or widely known as ‘tosan aji’ is believed to possess a specific magical substance.

The keris collection in the Traditional Inheritance Museum is put on display in several rooms. In the Nusantara Traditional Inheritance Room, a collection of traditional inheritance types from all over Indonesia is on display. Another room is the Keris Interior Room which is divided into the  Warangka Room, the Keris Tangguh room, the Keris Dapur room, and the Keris Pamor room.

In addition to display events and management of about 5,000 collection of traditional inheritance that will possibly get higher, the Traditional Inheritance museum holds other events, such as, keris maintenance events, called jamasan, expos, and workshops that the public can participate in.