Description (Labels & Markings)
Hand written pencil label attached: 'S.C. 1 (. ) [unclear word.]'
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper labels adhered to object with printed text reads: '16AB 3'. This corresponds to field collection numbers used by W.W. Skeat and the numbering in the catalogue.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

Context (Field collection)
This object was 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): '1—3. Three Sarong, the Malay ‘skirt’ or waistcloth, of distinct
patterns. Worn both by men and women (See Nos. 270 and 996—998).'
Event Date 1899
Author: Anne Doering

Context (References)
Listed as No. 1 or 3 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 1899
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Physical description)
Tubular skirt decorated in with a striped brown and red pattern. The embroidery is in golden thread.
Event Date 26/9/2005
Author: maa

Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.378 | Repack
Event Date 9/2/2015
Author: cft31

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 33791 A notes: 'Reddish-brown waistcloth/skirt. Checkered with green, white, and blue. Floral patterns in metallic gold thread.'
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

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 25/10/2024
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Sarong. Tubular woven skirt with gold threaded geometrical design on one third of the skirt, and tartan pattern with green and white lines on the rest. Hemmed edges.
Event Date 25/10/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc

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