THE old farmer pointed his finger to a spot in the paddy fields, and said: This was the first time I discovered the Buni site. Dogolthe name of the farmerwas still fit at 70 years of age. It was 1958, before the rainy season. He was busily making a waterway from the Bekasi stream to his paddy fields when his eyes caught sight of a shiny item.

It turned out to be a gold kute (earring) weighing 0.5 kilograms, perched at the edge of a yuyu (type of s