THAIB, DARWIS AND SIDI BANDARO.

Seluk-Beluk Adat Minangkabau. Bahagian I. Tjupak Usali.
[Minangkabau Customs. Part One. Tjupak Usali].

Djakarta. N.V. Nusantara Bukittinggi. 1965. Stock ID #224309

132pp. Text in Indonesian. 21.5 x 15cm. Leaves evenly browned, original wrappers also lightly browned, a very good copy. From the library of Professor C. Skinner.

First part of Darwis Thaib Dt. Sidi Bandaro’s specialised study of Minangkabau adat, devoted to Tjupak Usali, a foundational concept in Minangkabau customary norms. The work is concerned with inherited standards of adat and the principles underlying Minangkabau social organisation, customary law and communal life. A significant regional work on Minangkabau adat, still cited in scholarship on Minangkabau customary thought and ethics.

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