I received this book about a week ago. Have not read it properly but had a quick scan through the text. One surprise for me is the author's claim that the Bugis people originates partly from the migration of the Malays from Malacca among other places ; even before the fall of Malacca to the Portuguese in the 15th Century the Malays have traveled to Sulawesi, hence Bugis and Malays are "serumpun" (of the same people).
One complain I have with this book is that some of the pictures in the catalogue are a bit blurry.
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