Birds of paradise for the sultan. Early seventeenth-century Dutch-Turkish encounters and the uses of wonder

Swan, Claudia

doi:10.18352/dze.8464

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“…The male greater bird-or-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) and lesser bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor) have magnificent plumage and has been identified as of the most beautiful birds in the world [1]. In Indonesia, the greater bird-of paradise can be found mostly on the southern part of Papua, while the lesser bird-of paradise is distributed along the northern coast of Indonesian Papua [2,3].…”

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Hunting and trade in Papuan bird-of-paradise: Current situation and sustainability

Mardiastuti,

Mulyani

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Bird-of-paradise has been illegally traded for its beautiful plumage. The objective of this paper was to revealed the current situation of the trade and analyzed the sustainability of the future population, through direct interview to 5 ex-hunters in Asiki (east-central Papua) and visit to the lek trees. Most trade were based on pre-order from buyers as souvenirs. Local people hunted the birds using air rifle, when the birds were lekking on tall-emergent trees during breeding season. After cleaning and drying, the dried plumage-skin was ready to be delivered to buyers. The price ranged IDR 300,000 to 3 million, a handsome amount for additional income to the hunters. Buyers were mostly army troops members (non-Papuan) who returned back from their tour-of-duty, tourists, and persons who need the skin as gifts or traditional ceremonies. The bird was able to use the log-over secondary forests. However, road developments and forest fragmentation threatened their sustainability. Further, forest conversion to oil-palm and industrial-forest would eliminate their habitat. If the illegal hunting is still going-on, it might drive this bird into extirpation. Awareness to buyers is needed, as the skin is demand-driven. The hunters were actually aware that this species is already prohibited to be hunted.

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“…A study on the early trade of the bird-of-paradise [1] recorded that the feathered body of the bird-ofparadise was traded and used as gifts (as trade negotiation) in Europe by the Dutch since 1613. This species "was a highly priced specimen among early modern collectors and considered a natural wonder".…”

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Hunting and trade in Papuan bird-of-paradise: Current situation and sustainability

Mardiastuti,

Mulyani

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…A vast state gift sent to seal the deal included, in addition to all manner of valuable goods, no fewer than eight birds of paradise, purchased in Amsterdam in October 1612. 3 The question out of which this essay emerged is, why did the Dutch present exotic, non-Dutch wares to the Ottoman sultan, whose lands were the source of comparable exotica? What sorts of values adhered to these wondrous specimens as they travelled the globe?When the Dutch took up trade in the East Indies in the fi nal years of the sixteenth century, they followed on and competed with the Portuguese and Spanish, who had controlled it for a century.…”

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