Production Photographs of Torture-House Diorama Figures, Lubang Buaya
Thirty-one production photographs from Edhi Sunarso's studio of life-size figures for the Lubang Buaya 'torture house' diorama, showing generals, bound captives and assailants in fatigues. Shows how the Lubang Buaya scene was physically fabricated.
Photographs of Diorama Installation by the Keluarga Arca Sculptors, c. 1980-81
Seventeen photographs of the sculptors' group Keluarga Arca installing miniature dioramas (Yani abduction, Lubang Buaya training, recovery of bodies) c. 1980-81, plus later life-size figures. Visual evidence of how the Paseban dioramas were made.
Photographs of Dioramas and Their Installation, Museum of PKI Treachery
Eight photographs of dioramas and installation work at the Museum Pengkhianatan PKI, including a life-size Supersemar tableau with Sukarno and a woman in kebaya beside him. Visual record of the museum's making.
Booklet of the Museum of PKI Treachery (Communist), 1992
Official booklet issued by Pusjarah ABRI for the 1 Oct 1992 opening of the Museum Pengkhianatan PKI, with forewords by Brig. Gen. Idroes and Try Sutrisno framing 37 dioramas as warning about communism's 'latent danger'. State memory propaganda.
Photographs of Diorama, Museum Satriamandala (Museum Pusat ABRI), 1974
Eleven damaged colour prints (June 1974) of dioramas made by Edhi Sunarso's workshop for the Museum Satriamandala, showing oath-taking, assemblies and possibly an exhumation scene. Uncaptioned visual record of the military museum's historical narrative.
Documentary Photographs of Dioramas, Museum of PKI Treachery / Pancasila Sakti Monument, c. 1990-92
Fourteen prints from Edhi Sunarso's archive of Lubang Buaya dioramas, including 'Latihan sukarelawan P.K.I. di Lubang Buaya' and 'Penganiayaan dan pembunuhan di Lubang Buaya'. Titles match the Paseban dioramas opened in 1981. Visual material on the official narrative.
President Suharto's Visit to the Museum of PKI Treachery, 1992
Three snapshots of President Suharto's visit to the Museum Pengkhianatan PKI at Lubang Buaya, probably at its 1 Oct 1992 inauguration. Shows him before dioramas made in Edhi Sunarso's workshop.
History Series Book: Pancasila Sakti Museum and Monument (M. Fahlevi, 2004)
2004 illustrated Grasena guidebook by M. Fahlevi to the Lubang Buaya complex, walking through the 34 dioramas of the Museum Pengkhianatan PKI and the Paseban hall, with captions taken from the dioramas. Official state narrative of the Lubang Buaya site.
Hari Kesaktian Pancasila, 1 October 1965 (Diorama Photograph, 2020)
Photograph (24 Nov 2020) of a museum diorama of the recovery of the generals' bodies from the Lubang Buaya well, with frogman figure, coffins and red-bereted soldiers. Visual record of the official Lubang Buaya display.