Object

Accession No

Z 33786.7-8

Description

Sampeian kain. Two long rectangular streamers of the Satangkei pattern made out of one long length of white cotton strip with a smaller one sewn at the end; red velvet panel added on top. A.: the bottom layer has been cut at one end and hems have been sewn. The red velvet panel consists of a row of flowers decorated with gold and blue thread with yellow coloured glass panels in the centre; the last panel is missing. B: the bottom layer has been cut at one end and hems have been sewn. The red velvet panel consists of a row of flowers decorated with gold and blue thread with yellow coloured glass panels in the centre; parts of the velvet are missing.

Place

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

Period

19th century

Source

Skeat, Walter William [filed collector and donor]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

Z 33786.7-8; MAA: Z 33808 A-B; Skeat I: 215.3-9; Skeat I: 215d; 13AV; 13AW [filed collection no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Wool; Cotton; ?Paper; Glass; Metal; Lead alloy

Local Term

Sampeian kain [Malay]

Measurements

60mm x 5mm x 1270mm

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label on Z 33808 A notes: 'S.C 215d ( I; 13V)Streamer.'
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label adhered to Z 33808 A with printed text reads: '13AV'. This likely corresponds to field collection numbers used by W.W. Skeat.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label adhered to Z 33808 B with printed text reads: '13AVW.' This likely corresponds to field collection numbers used by W.W. Skeat.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

Context (Field collection)
These objects were collected by Walter William Skeat, District Magistrate of Larut, Perak, in the Kuala Langat District of Selangor, Malaysia, 1896-1897.
Event Date 1897
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue of First Skeat Collection (1899) notes: 'seven streamers, sampeian kain, of the Satangkei pattern, for this clothes rod.'
Event Date 1899
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Physical description)
Pair of ?belts of white cotton; half of length covered in red wool. Red wool cloth embroidered in gold surrounded by blue with a rectangle enclosing flowers with " mirror" centres and stylized leaves; Flower; Leaf
Event Date 1987
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
The card has the following entry: " 13 AV, 13 AW. Also has no 215" . These may be obsolete box numbers, or parts of an obsolete system of classification; in any case, their significance is at present unclear. This item appears to have no Skeat I number assigned to it; Collected by: Skeat.W.W in 1896; 1897.

Event Date 1987
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The suffix A-B was added to the idno Z 33808 as the objects originally marked 13 AV and 13 AW form a pair. The first ?belt was only marked with the numbers 13 AV; 215 D. A new label with the number Z 33808 A was attached during the DCF textile Project. The second ?belt was only marked with the number 13 AW. A new label with the number Z 33808 B was attached during the DCF textile project. C.
Event Date 13/9/2005
Author: Diana Serediuc

Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.392 | Repack
Event Date 9/2/2015
Author: cft31

Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.391 | Repack
Event Date 9/2/2015
Author: cft31

Context (Amendments / updates)
W.W. Skeat made two collections in Southeast Asia. The first was made while he was District Magistrate in Selangor, Malaysia in 1896-1897 and is known as the First Skeat Collection or Skeat I. The Second was made in 1899-1900 on the Cambridge Exploring Expedition to the Malay Provinces of Lower Siam and known as the Second Skeat Collection, or Skeat II. Most objects were not given accession numbers on acquisition by MAA, and given Z Numbers during reorganisation in the 1980s. Several objects presumed to be from the Skeat Collections, but which cannot be traced either to an existing Z number or to Skeat’s catalogues, have been given TEMP numbers. Some of these are definitely Skeat, and some are not. The work of matching objects to their Skeat catalogue numbers is ongoing and likely to remain incomplete.
Event Date 17/10/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Physical description)
Sampeian kain. Two long rectangular streamers of the Satangkei pattern made out of one long length of white cotton strip with a smaller one sewn at the end; red velvet panel added on top. 7.: the bottom layer has been cut at one end and hems have been sewn. The red velvet panel consists of a row of flowers decorated with gold and blue thread with yellow coloured glass panels in the centre; the last panel is missing. 8.: the bottom layer has been cut at one end and hems have been sewn. The red velvet panel consists of a row of flowers decorated with gold and blue thread with yellow coloured glass panels in the centre; parts of the velvet are missing.
Event Date 17/10/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc

Context (Related Documents)
Z 33786.7-8 are listed as part of No. 215 in the Catalogue of the First Skeat Collection: Skeat, Walter W. 1899. The Skeat Collection. Catalogue of the Ethnological Collection from the Malay Peninsula presented to the University in 1898 by the Collector. University of Cambridge: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Event Date 17/10/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6089 | Freezing
Event Date 8/11/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan

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