Maluku seal

North Maluku, Indonesia

Fuji S2 digital, Nikon 12-24

This is the old seal, before Maluku was divided into two provinces north and south, but it still appears on government buildings in Ternate, which is where I took this shot. (We were trying to find a map of Ternate, which proved more difficult than expected. Note the nutmeg fruits on the left, cloves (on the right), and the manta ray. I'm not sure what the green leaves represent.

"Maku" is presumably short for Maluku - the new province in the north, Maluku Utara, is now commonly referred to as "Malut".