Accession No
Z 14720
Description
Woman's necklace. Several strings of 'rock vein' fungus, decorated with leaves.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Kelantan; Ulu Aring
Period
Source
Skeat, Walter William [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 14720; Skeat II: 320
Cultural Affliation
Kelantan; Semang
Material
Leaf; Fungus; Plant
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Accession register reads, 'Woman's necklace of black fungus with leaves'.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card, with typed description pasted, reads, 'Leaf necklace worn by NEgrito woman, Ulu Aring Z14720'.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (Related Documents)
Original catalogue card reads, 'Semang (?Pangan)'. Also, '(Label attached says "Leaf necklace worn by a Sakai woman" Presumably this at a time when Skeat had not yet differentiated Sakai and Semang.)'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card handwritten in blue ink reads, 'Negrito woman's necklace. Several strings of 'rock vein' fungus, decorated with leaves.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter William Skeat on 17 October 1899 (noted on original catalogue card).
Event Date 17/10/1899
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
FM:78114
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