Accession No
Z 33899 B
Description
Weaver's brush, possibly made from a seed.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Ligeh; Belimbing
Period
Source
Skeat, Walter William [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 33899 B; Skeat II: 261 [collector's number]
Cultural Affliation
Material
?Seed; Plant
Local Term
Measurements
150mm x 55mm x 80mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten Label adhered on object reads: '?S.L. 476 M (II:261)b brush for ?'
Event Date
Author: Yu-Chen Lai
Context (CMS Context)
Card reads: " A second similar brush found with same Skeat Number so given same Z number when processed May 1986" For clearing and cleaning the threads after the starching (' di-Kanji') with glutinous rice (' nasi pulut'); Collected by: Skeat.W.W
Event Date 6/1/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Weaver' s brush
Event Date 6/1/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A weaver's brush made of elongated, coarse, brown plant matter, possibly a seed. One end of the crescent shaped seed is sawn off to create a rough surface, likely used as the brush. Thin wispy fibres sprout intermittently across the sides of the seed. There are red pigment stains on the brush end.
Event Date 12/12/2018
Author: Yu-Chen Lai
FM:77855
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