Accession No

Z 33468


Description

Model henna cake used at the "henna-dance" during the ceremony of staining the fingernails.


Place

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


Period


Source

Skeat, Walter William [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 33468; Skeat I: ?


Cultural Affliation


Material


Local Term


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Events

Context (CMS Context)
Card reads: " ? part of Skeat I: 715" . And: " no Skeat number ?" . The card has the number " 17 CZ " . 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; Used at the " henna-dance" during the ceremony of staining the fingernails; Collected by: Skeat.W.W in 1896; 1897; Ref. Plate: XI : 2
Event Date 27/1/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Model; Model Henna Cake
Event Date 27/1/1987
Author: maa


FM:78083

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