Accession No

Z 33525 A


Description

Sago Making Apparatus - Platform with strainers etc., on which the sago is prepared, with a canoe used as a receiver, in the bows of which a charm of prickly leaves has been placed against evil spirits


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Selangor; Kuala Langat District


Period


Source

Skeat, Walter William [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 33525 A; Skeat I: 983-984; Skeat I: 986-987


Cultural Affliation


Material


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Against the Skeat I numbers on the card there are four figures: " 27 C" , " 27 E" , " 27 A" , " 27 D" . These may be obsolete box numbers, or parts of an obsolete system of classification: in any case, their meaning is at present unclear; Collected by: Skeat.W.W in 1896; 1897
Event Date 20/1/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Platform with strainers etc., on which the sago is prepared, with a canoe used as a receiver, in the bows of which a charm of prickly leaves has been placed against evil spirits
Event Date 20/1/1987
Author: maa


FM:78040

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