Province to trace archives

Province to trace archives

MATARAM, W. Nusa Tenggara: West Nusa Tenggara province has
formed a team to trace regional archives in the Netherlands, an
official has said.

Chief of the provincial archives board M. Natsir Ipapy said
here on Wednesday that about 120 archives and a number of
historic articles on West Nusa Tenggara are being kept in the
Netherlands.

Natsir said the six-member team was originally scheduled to
leave for the Netherlands this month, but to avoid the winter
season there, it decided to postpone its departure to May next
year.

The team, he said, would trace the archives and the historic
articles in an attempt to bring them back to West Nusa Tenggara.

He noted that various archives on the history of Lombok
island, King Selaparang, King Pejanggik, and the sultans of Bima
and Sumbawa are being kept in several museums in the country.

Natsir said the archives and historic articles were taken to
the Netherlands when Indonesia was a Dutch colony.