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The artifacts displayed in the historical museums of Lombok determine the cultural
assortment and prevailing richness of the East Indonesian province. Lombok Museums
is famed to reveal evidence of well-preserved prehistoric artifacts along with
its decorative arts. Take a magnificent tour to the State Museum of West Nusa
Tenggara that upkeeps the cultural inheritance along with its values for the native
heritage. Besides maintaining the contemporary architecture inspired by Berugak
several other customary value were followed by the natives, the exhibits of which
can be sighted at the Lombok Museums.
Get to see priceless compilation of ancient work of art of the West Nusa Tenggara
province, which is based in the South Ampenan area, lying towards the centre
point of Mataram City. Wall paintings illustrating the lifestyle of natives
of West Nusa Tenggara especially those of Gandrung, Rudat, Cepung, Wayang, and
Jaran Kamput is surely commendable.
Photographs, fossils, and paintings found in the Lombok Museum exemplify the
initial stages of planet earth followed by the universe that pursue the Nebula
Fog theory. The tectonic formation of islands initiated from Java and Sumatra
are something, which are worth seeing.
Discover photographs in the Lombok Museum that shows fossils of ancient mammals
and birds, especially those of Paleokarbau, Stegodon, and Hippotatamus. Fossils
of rare woods, like Cempaka, Rajumas, Lingsar, Kelincung and Bajur can also
be witnessed here.
Learn about the traditional wedding costumes worn by the ethic groups like
Sasak, Mbojo and Samawa. The lingual inscription and the leafy manuscripts left
behind by the different races are creditable as a record.
Remnant primeval collection of stone axes, kettledrums, beads, statues and
oval axes along with royal inheritances can also be sighted within the Museums
in Lombok.
Find traces of West Nusa Tenggara weapons one like the Keris daggers that supposedly
carried mystic powers that would bring along good fortune and evade disasters
for those possessing it. Hunting tools, farming tools, currency exchanged by
Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch during colonial era, Kriya arts in the form of
Kecopak (tobacco pouch), and Buli-buli (jewellery box) are remarkable form of
relics that can be best viewed in the Lombok Museum.
Along with the presence of local armor and arms, native Ikat and earthenware
are some of the significant cultural factors that can be sighted within the
Lombok Museums.
Apart from enjoying the sights inside the museum the outdoor beauty attracts
your senses that never misses your glimpses. A wonderful garden creates an apt
ambience for relaxation where one may choose to unwind.
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