[EN] The National Museum in Jakarta is located near the National Monument (or better known as Monas). The museum is divided into segments of interest, which are pre-historic, archeology, ceramics, numistic-heraldic, history, etnography and geography.
[ID] Museum Nasional di Jakarta berada dekat Monumen Nasional (Monas). Museum tersebut dibagi menjadi beberapa segmen, yaitu prasejarah, arkeologi, keramik, numismtik-heraldik, sejarah, etnografi dan geografi.
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[EN] Museum Wayang is located in Kota Tua (Old Town), Jakarta. It exhibits wayang – two dimensional Javanese puppets.
[ID] Museum Wayang berada di Kota Tua, Jakarta. Museum ini memperlihatkan wayang – boneka 2 dimensi dari Jawa.
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[EN] I thought these were cannon balls, but somebody commented that they were prisoner chain balls?
[ID] Saya mengira ini adalah bola untuk tembakan meriam, tetapi ada yang berkomentar bahwa ini adalah bola untuk belenggu tahanan? Yang mana yang benar?
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[EN] This statue is located in the inner courtyard of Museum Fatahillah, Kota Tua (Old Town), Jakarta. I learned from Irina that the statue is Mercurius, God of Trade. There is a similar statue at Moscow Trade Center. Both statues are standing on a ball, with wings protruding from the ankles, holding a similar kind of short staff and wearing a hat with wings. I wonder if there are any other statues of Mercurius in other parts of the world?
[ID] Patung ini berada di halaman bagian dalam dari Museum Fatahillah, Kota Tua, Jakarta. Saya diberitahu Irina bahwa patung ini adalah Mercurius, Dewa Perdagangan. Ada patung yang mirip ini di Moscow Trade Center. Kedua patung tsb. berdiri diatas bola, ada sayap dipergelangan kakinya, membawa tongkat pendek yang mirip dan memakai topi dengan sayap. Ada lagi patung Mercurius dibagian dunia lain?
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