OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

garnati

upas garnati ahi

•  guards who wear pointed head-gear made of tortoise-shell (ori maähi) and who are twenty-six in number(eng).oppassers, die puntige hoofddeksel van schildpad (ori ma-ähi) dragen en 26 in getal zijn(nld).

upas garnati salakahguards who wear silver helmets, thirteen in number(eng)

Note: Both belong to the ceremonial procession of the Sultan on state occasions.