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Pontianak State Museum

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Pontianak State Museum
Pontianak State Museum. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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West Kalimantan Provincial Museum (Languages of Indonesia: Museum Provinsi Kalimantan Barat) is a museum in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, near Tanjungpura University.

The concrete reliefs on the museum's exterior depict the lifestyles of Kalbar's two largest ethnic minorities: Malay and Dayak. The museum contains a number of important Dayak artifacts such as tribal clothing and handicrafts and is known for its 16th century tempayan (water jugs) from Thailand, China and Borneo. There is a replica of a Dayak longboat around the corner from the museum.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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