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Paseki is a helmet from
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Oude krijgskleding van de Minahasa van Celebes TMnr 10002050.jpg, Minahasan men with ancient war equipment
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Man van Zuid-Celebes in krijgskostuum TMnr 10002058.jpg, Man from South Celebes in military costume
File:Tari Kabasaran.jpg, A performer of ''Kabasaran'' dance, Minahasa ethnic
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Dr.O.Deggeler Dr.L.Krol Prof.Rodenwalt en Dr.de Wolf met taditionele wapenschilden poserend voor het huis van de Sultan Ternate TMnr 60014250.jpg, Prof.Rodenwalt and Dr.de Wolf with traditional arms posing in front of the house of the Sultan of
Paseki is a helmet from Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
. It is used by the ethnic groups of eastern Indonesia, such as the Toraja
The Torajan are an ethnic group indigenous people, indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency of T ...
and Minahasa
The Minahasans or Minahassa are an Austronesian people, Austronesian ethnic group native to North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes. The Minahasa people sometimes refer to themselves as Manado people. Although the M ...
of Sulawesi
Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...
.
Description
The paseki is usually made of brass. It is made on the model of theSpanish
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Morion helmets. The first versions of these helmets were imported to Indonesia by the VOC
VOC, VoC or voc may refer to:
Science and technology
* Open-circuit voltage (VOC), the voltage between two terminals when there is no external load connected
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(Dutch East India Company) around 1602 to 1795. The helmets are richly decorated with metal pads and a helmet bush (decoration). The helmet bush is made according to the own wishes of the Indonesian warriors.Albert G. van Zonneveld: ''Traditional weapons of the Indonesian archipelago.'' C. Zwartenkot Art Books, Leiden 2001, , S. 151.
Gallery
Ternate
Ternate (), also known as the City of Ternate (; ), is the
List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city with the largest population in the province of North Maluku and an island in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. It was the ''de facto'' provi ...
File:KITLV - 91165 - Buwalda, K. - Soerabaja - Soldier and halberdier of the Sultan of Ternate - circa 1870.tif, Soldier and halberdier of the Sultan of Ternate - circa 1870
File:Two Indonesian war helmet.jpg, Left: Copper helmet belonging to the national jewelry in Parigi. Right: ''Tao Boetai''; brass helmet.
File:Copper helmet from Posso Celebes.jpg, A copper helmet from Poso, Sulawesi
See also
* Katapu * Takula tofaoReferences