Accession No
Z 33270 B-C
Description
Two wooden daggers
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Selangor; Kuala Langat District
Period
Source
Skeat, Walter William [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 33270 B-C; Skeat I: 688; Skeat I: 689; Skeat I: 690
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
The Museum's Fourteenth Annual Report (1899: 15) notes:
'This collection was formed by the donor, Mr Walter W. Skeat, M.A., District Magistrate of Larut, Perak, in the Kuala Langat District of Selangor in the years 1896 and 1897.'
Event Date 1899
Author: Rachel Hand
Context (References)
Museum Of General And Local Archaeology And Of Ethnology. Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Antiquarian Committee To The Senate (1899), APPENDIX II, Skeat Collection, No. 12. The Theatre; Stage properties, viz.:
'688—690. A wooden kris (ktris), and two models of other wooden daggers which are used on the stage.'
Event Date 1899
Author: Rachel Hand
Context (Related Documents)
The card gives the reference: " 11E-G" . This may be an obsolete box number, or part of an obsolete system of classification; in any case, its significance is at present unclear.
Sketch diagram on card; Used on stage; Collected by: Skeat.W.W
Event Date 15/1/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Two wooden daggers
Event Date 15/1/1987
Author: maa
FM:77623
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