PINDANG MATOA DARI SENDANA : JEJAK PERADABAN MANDAR TAHUN 1380-1480

Pindang Matoa Sendana adalah salah satu penemuan dari program penelusuran sejarah MSI (Masyarakat Sejarawan Indonesia) Sulbar di kaki bukit buttu Suso Sa’Adawang Sendana. Horst H. Liebner ketika benda ini diperlihatkan mengatakan bahwa ini adalah keramik Sukothai, dibuat akhir abad ke-14 (artinya, 1380 ...) sampai awal abad ke-15 (1400+).

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Many thanks for your efforts, clearly dating the piece into, let’s call it, early 15th century. I forwarded the information to the person in charge, and will see him, I suppose, next week in Mandar. However, due to another assignment I will only be able to follow up on this and other finds in the area end May, I fear.

For the time being, people interested in our present pre-survey may have a look at https://www.facebook.com/situs2mandar/?fref=ts, where a number of young enthusiasts began to collect data on their region’s pre-Islamic history. (It’s in Bahasa Indonesia, but there are photos and coordinates for those who ….)

The clear classification of the Sukhothai bowl underlines that there is much more to Mandar history then allowed for in the recognised local historiographies which, except for scattered and rather foggy apostilles on earlier players, commence only with the establishment of the ‘kingdom’ of Balanipa and the Mandar confederation in the late 16th century. 

Again, thanks a lot,

Horst Liebner

From: Southeast Asian Ceramic Archaeologists list [mail to: SEACERAMARCH@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU] On Behalf Of Cort, Louise

Sent: Tuesday, 12 April, 2016 02:11
To: SEACERAMARCH@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEACERAMARCH] imported ceramic in w-sulawesi

To confirm Don’s dating of the Sukhothai vessel to C14-15, Roxanna Brown’s study of shipwreck materials indicates that this sort of Sukhothai vessel, with underglaze-black fish and floral motifs, appears on wrecks datable to “about the end of the 14th century until about 1480.” (Brown 2009:51).

Brown, Roxanna Maude. 2009. The Ming Gap and Shipwreck Ceramics in Southeast Asia; Towards a Chronology of Thai Trade Ware. Bangkok: Siam Society. 

From: Southeast Asian Ceramic Archaeologists list [mailto:SEACERAMARCH@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU] On Behalf Of Don Hein
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 9:41 PM
To: SEACERAMARCH@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU
Subject: Re: imported ceramic in w-sulawesi

I agree with John Miksic of a Sukhothai – Thai attribution, made certain by the exposed fabric of the base which clearly shows large quartz inclusions typical of Sukhothai (absent from Vietnamese ware). Such ware were widely traded throughout the Southeast Asian archipelago.
Production site evidence (including up to three sequential kilns) suggests a manufacturing term of about 100 years. However (compared to Sawankhalok) very little study study/excavation has been conducted at Sukhothai (although Kun Prachote Sangkhanukij is presently undertaking such a program). Dating is fuzzy, but a best guess may be C14-C15.
Don Hein.

From: Minh Tri [mailto:tri_vnceramics@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, 8 April, 2016 17:15
To: Horst Liebner <khmail@INDOSAT.NET.ID>
Subject: Re: imported ceramic in w-sulawesi

This dish from Thailand and date late 14th early 15th century.

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From: Miksic John N
Sent: Saturday, 9 April, 2016 03:03
To: Horst Liebner <khmail@INDOSAT.NET.ID>
Subject: RE: imported ceramic in w-sulawesi

This looks very Sukhothai to me. it could be late 14th century, but it could have been imported or disposed of by burial at a later period, say first half of the 15th century.[1]

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[1]https://www.facebook.com/situs2mandar/photos/a.742022265931858.1073741828.742011879266230/779203188880432/?type=3&theater