The Banjarmasin Diamond
Also titled De diamant van Banjarmasin
before 1835
- Medium
- diamond (mineral)
- Classification
- diamond
- Dimensions
- height 1.4 cm x width 1.7 cm x length 2.2 cm x weight 7.65 g x weight 38.23 ct
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Ministerie van Koloniën
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
This diamond is war booty. It was once owned by Panembahan Adam, the sultan of Banjarmasin (Kalimantan). The stone belonged to the state heirlooms, symbols of the sultan’s sovereignty. After his death, the Netherlands intervened in the battle of succession. In 1859 Dutch troops violently seized control of Banjarmasin and abolished the sultanate. The rough diamond was sent to the Netherlands, where it was cut into a rectangle of 36 carats.
