Accession No
Z 33472
Description
Divining slab of buffalo horn pierced with holes.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Selangor; Kuala Langat District
Period
19th century
Source
Skeat, Walter William [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 33472; Skeat I: 853; 41AR [paper label]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Horn
Local Term
chuchok tandok
Measurements
Events
Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card reads, '[...] [chuchok tandok] i.e. thread the horn, for taking omens before travelling, by passing the thread through the horn.'
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card handwritten in blue ball point pen reads, 'Divining slab of buffalo horn pierced with holes'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter William Skeat in between 1896 and 1897.
Event Date 1896
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (Amendments / updates)
The card has the number '41 AR'. This may be an obsolete box number, or a part of an obsolete system of classification; in any case, its meaning is at present unclear.
Event Date 27/1/1987
Author: maa
FM:78079
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