Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card handwritten in black ball point pen reads, 'LARGE MODEL TRAY. / in front of the [Pawang] should contain a set of objects which he has been incensing for the use of spirits.' Annotated in the same hand in pencil, date unknown, 'See "Malay Magic" WWSkeat p.415 / plate no 17.'
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Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card reads, 'Tray containing objects'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter William Skeat between 1896 and 1897.
Event Date 1896
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
The 14th annual report (1899) reads, 'APPENDIX II / Skeat Collection [...] 859. MODEL of house showing a Pawang, or Malay medicine-man healing a sick woman. A large tray in front of the Pawang contains a set of objects which be has been incensing for the use of the spirits, the three fringed jars being used for divination to find out the state of the patient and what form of sacrifice will appease the spirit. The tray at his back is full of offerings to the spirits: eatables and drinkables of various kinds, cigarettes, and tapers 'for the spirits to see by.' Two bowls by his side contain a conple of eggs and a candle-nut, and the 'antidotal flour' (some special rice-water) with brushes of leaves to be used in the ceremony.'
Event Date 6/6/1899
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (References)
Skeat, W. W. (1900) 'Malay Magic'. New York: Macmillan. pl. 17, p.414
Event Date 1900
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Analysis)
The card gives one figure '43 A'. This may be an old box number, or an element in an obsolete system of classification: in any case, its meaning is at present unclear.
Event Date 20/1/1987
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Cf. Z 33535.2
The tray (Z 33535.1) and the model house were registered under the same number on Skeat I Catalogue (see the 14th annual report) and given the same Z number as idno. Later separated (date and author unknown) and given suffixes to account for the different parts.
Event Date 8/5/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu