The Map of Our Company's Sourcing Regions
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This page is the map of Oud Treasure's sourcing regions: an organized visual index of the regions from which we bring oud across the islands of Indonesia, arranged by the island group, linking each region to its regional guide and to its collection in our store. And we begin with an honest note that we insist on: what you will see below is a schematic illustration that we designed with layout and formatting, and it is not a photograph nor a satellite map nor field images from the extraction sites. For we do not yet possess documented photographic material to display, and we prefer to say that frankly rather than give the illusion of what we do not possess. And this page is an axis of the map of oud regions in Indonesia, and with it the guide to the regions is completed.
This page is an organized visual index that gathers our regions in a schematic illustration and links each of them to its guide and its collection; as for the detail of the transparency of the source and the supply chains, its place is the oud sources page. So the two pages are complementary, not repeated: this one organizes and links, and that one explains and documents.
1. From where do we source?
When we say that we bring oud from Indonesia, we do not mean a single origin, but a network of regions distributed over a vast archipelago that extends from Sumatra in the west to Papua in the east. For Indonesia is not a country of a single terrain, but thousands of islands of varying environments, and each oud region in it has its circulated character and its known name among the people of oud. And from this vastness comes the diversity of our regional selection.
And we distinguish clearly between two matters: what we actually source from regions we reach and document their source, and what we cover in knowledge in our guide of regions that we introduce to the reader without selling from them. And this page presents the first as the map of our sourcing, and points to the second honestly in an independent section. And for whoever wants the detail of the transparency of the source and how we verify it, its reference is the oud sources page.
And for the picture to be complete, it does not suffice that you know the region from which the oud came, but that you know the path it traveled from it to you: from the extraction at the hands of the oud extractors, to the sorting, the documentation, and the shipping. This whole path we present in the from-forest-to-customer page, for knowing the region is a beginning, and knowing the journey is its completion. And between this page and that, our relationship with the source becomes clear: a region and a path.
And the purpose of publishing our regions in this organized manner is that we place before you a single entrance from which you set out to each region: you see it in its position in the archipelago, then you move from it to its detailed regional guide and to its collection in the store. So instead of searching for each region separately, you find them all gathered in a single map that links the knowledge to the product.
2. The schematic map of our regions
The following is the schematic illustration of our sourcing regions, gathered by the major island and arranged from west to east. Each card represents a region we deal with, and it carries two links: the first to the detailed regional guide of that region, and the second to its collection in the store. Read this illustration as an explanatory arrangement that helps you visualize the locations of our regions, not as a precise geographical drawing:
A schematic illustration of the arrangement of our regions, not a photograph nor a satellite map; the locations are approximate, and this illustration does not yet include field images.
And we repeat the note we began with: this illustration is a schematic construction designed with textual layout, and it is not a photograph nor a satellite map nor field images from the extraction sites. We chose this form because we do not yet possess documented photographic material we trust to display, and we prefer the honesty over the appearance. For what you see above serves the practical purpose: that you know approximately where each of our regions lies, and to which island group it belongs, and how you reach from it to its guide and its collection with a single click.
Because the field image or the satellite map that we attribute to our sources must be documented and real, not borrowed from another place. And as long as we do not yet possess documented photographic material from our locations, presenting an honest schematic illustration is better than deceiving the reader with an image that does not belong to us. And documented field photography is a goal we are working on for coming stages, as we clarify on our sources page.
3. Our core regions and what we source from them
We present here our regions gathered by the island group, with a brief indication of what is attributed to each of them in what circulates, and a linking to its regional guide and its collection. And we declare an honest note on the quality and the availability: our regional collections are in different stages of availability; some of them are available now, and some of them are being added and documented and arrive gradually. So if you find a collection presented as being under preparation, that is its real state, not a formal detail, and we update it whenever we have of it what we trust its source.
Kalimantan and Borneo
Among the widest of our sourcing regions: Kalimantan oud from the forests of Borneo, to which a warmth and a resinous sweetness are attributed in what circulates, and you find its collection in the Kalimantan oud collection. And within Borneo we deal with two more precise regions: Pontianak in the west (its collection), and Malinau in the north (its collection), and each has its circulated name and its character that is attributed to it with reservation.
Sumatra and the West
Among the most ancient of the western regions: Sumatran oud to which a depth and a resinous heaviness are attributed in what circulates, and you find its collection in the Sumatran oud collection. And associated with the western field also is Bangka oud attributed to the island of Bangka near Sumatra, and its collection is in the Bangka oud collection.
Java and the Center
The presence of Java in our map is lighter than the major islands, and to Java oud is attributed in what circulates a character less heavy, and you find its collection in the Java oud collection.
Sulawesi
The armed island, and in it are multiple oud territories difficult to reduce to a single character: Sulawesi oud (its collection), and from its southern highlands Malino oud attributed to the mountainous Malino region (its collection).
Maluku and Halmahera
The historical Spice Islands and their northern wing: Maluku oud to which a deep eastern character is attributed in what circulates (its collection), and Halmahera oud attributed to the north of Maluku (its collection).
Papua and the East
The far east of the archipelago where the genus Gyrinops predominates in what circulates: Papua oud (its collection), and among its more precise regions Jayapura in the north (its collection), and Merauke in the southeast (its collection). And all these collections we link to our mother collection in the Indonesian collection.
And we repeat that the characters mentioned above are circulated among the people of oud, not decisive judgments, and that the variation within the single region may exceed the variation between them. So read the name of the region as an initial expectation of the character, then make the sense of smell, the grade, and the documentation the final judge — which you can begin with a sample from the samples page.
4. Regions we cover in knowledge, not in sourcing
It is of honesty that we separate clearly between what we sell and what we only introduce. For our guide of the regions is wider than our selection, because we see that introducing the reader to the complete geography of Indonesian oud is a benefit in itself, even in the regions that we do not reach by sourcing.
And the most prominent example of that is Nusa Tenggara oud — the Lesser Sunda Islands in the southeast of the archipelago. For we introduce them in our guide to complete the geographical picture, but we do not currently source oud attributed to them within our selection, and for that you do not find a collection for them on our store. We included them in knowledge, not because we sell from them, and we prefer to say that frankly rather than suggest a coverage we do not offer.
And there are other islands and regions in the archipelago to which an oud may be attributed from time to time, but most of them are either of limited presence or not documented enough for decisiveness, so we do not include them in our sourcing map. For the honest incomplete map is better than a complete falsified map, and when we have reliable knowledge of a new region we add it to our regions frankly.
When you do not find a region in our selection — like Nusa Tenggara — that is a declaration from us that we do not currently source from it, not an oversight nor a deficiency. We mention it in the guide as knowledge, and we abstain from selling it as honesty. And this separation between what we introduce and what we sell is a part of the transparency of the source upon which we build the trust.
5. Why we declare our regions
A reader may wonder: why do we take the trouble of publishing our regions in this detailed manner? The answer is that the declaration of the source in the oud trade is not a marketing detail, but is the essence of the trust. For whoever documents from where his oud comes is more deserving of trust than whoever suffices with a shining name without a statement, and the transparency about the region protects the buyer from paying the price of a name that is not matched by an origin.
And we have detailed this matter in the article: does every oud that carries the name of a region actually come from it?, where we showed that the geographical name on oud is an expectation that deserves verification, not a granted fact, and that the absence of a unified global documentation system makes the honesty of the seller and his knowledge of his chain the criterion. And publishing our regions on an organized map that links each region to its guide and its collection is a practical application of this principle: that we show the buyer from where we source, not that we ask him to believe us blindly.
And we clarify the detail of the transparency of the source and the supply chains on the oud sources page and the Indonesian supplier page, for they are the place in which we explain how we reach these regions and how we verify the source of what we sell. As for this map, it is the organized visual face of that transparency: an index that gathers our regions in a single glance that links them to their knowledge and their product.
And it is of honesty that we say what we do not claim: we do not claim that we possess a certificate of origin from an independent external body, because this unified international documentation is not present in the oud trade. What we offer is the honesty of the declaration and our direct knowledge of our sources, not an official seal that we adorn ourselves with while it does not exist. Transparency is truer than marketing, and publishing this map is one of its faces.
6. The map evolves
This map is not a final rigid image, but a work that evolves. For our sourcing regions may expand when we reach new sources we trust their documentation, and the states of availability may change between a collection that is added and another that is updated. And we promise to keep this page keeping pace with the reality of our actual sourcing, so we add what we reach and we declare what we do not source.
And among the aspects of the evolution that we are working on for coming stages is the documented field photography: that we replace — or attach to — this schematic illustration real photographic material from our locations and our paths, when we have material we trust its attribution to us. And we declare that this is a staged goal that is not yet completed, not an existing reality, as we point out on the oud sources page. And until it is completed, this schematic illustration remains what we present honestly.
And if you are a trader or interested in a particular region whose collection you do not find available yet, or you wanted to register your interest in a particular origin, we welcome your contact through the contact page. For your interest helps us to arrange the priorities of what we source and document, and the map grows with the needs of whoever reads it, not in isolation from them.
We deal with our sourcing map as a living document that changes with the change of our sources and our collections. So do not assume that what you see today is its final limit; review it from time to time, for a region may be added or a collection updated or documented photographic material attached when it becomes available. And the promise that we commit to is that what we present remains matching what we actually source.
At Oud Treasure we organize the oud by its region and declare our sources transparently. See our sources page, browse the Indonesian collection by origin, and start with a small sample by which you test the scent before you commit.
Our sources pageBrowse Indonesian oudWith this map the guide to the regions of Indonesian oud with us is completed. If you want to return to the starting point and peruse all the regions gathered — the geography of Indonesian oud from west to east and the eighteen axes of the guide — then your destination is the map of oud regions in Indonesia. And for a more comprehensive reference on all of Indonesian oud — its character, its quality, its grades, its prices, and its buying — its reference is the comprehensive guide to Indonesian oud.
Read also
For the detail of the transparency of the source, see the oud sources page and from forest to customer and the Indonesian supplier page. And to understand the honesty of the attribution of the oud to its region, see does every oud that carries the name of a region actually come from it?. And for the complete geographical picture, start from the map of oud regions in Indonesia. And to experience an oud from a particular region before the commitment, start from the samples page.
