Context (Amendments / updates)
There are six catalogue cards, all bearing the Z number 33792, and all evidently describing different objects. The contents of each card has been reproduced at time of computer transcription. According to the card, this item is Skeat I: 6.
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Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten paper label adhered to fabric: '[Arabic script] B. Blah dada' I.6 I [paper label] 6'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Physical description)
'Baju b'lah dada' i.e. jacket with open front. (Miniature)
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Author: maa

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Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: '(Other number inside garment 16 Q)'; And: '(However, no mention of it being a model)'; And: 'Also Arabic writing on label'.

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Author: maa

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed paper label adhered to inside of fabric: '16Q'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

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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: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Physical description)
Catalogue of First Skeat Collection (1899): '(3) the B. b'lah dada, i.e. J. with open front'
Event Date 1899
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Context (References)
Listed as No. 6 (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: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Physical description)
Miniature of a dark red jacket with long sleeves. Round neck and wide opening. It has also three button holes but no button. The opening in front is lined with white cotton. The neck opening is lined with red cotton with floral pattern. The cloth is strongly flaring out from the waist.
Event Date 12/9/2005
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.376 | Repack
Event Date 6/2/2015
Author: cft31

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Description (Physical description)
Miniature garment (tunic/top). Waxed appearance. Dark red with white 'floral', gentle 'S'-shape pattern. Flared out toward bottom.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

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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 18/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Physical description)
Baju B'lah Dada. Model men’s jacket of waxed cotton; dark red in colour with repeated white leaf-shape motifs made up of three lines and three central dots. Front opening with three button holes and no buttons; round collar; flared at waist; long sleeves. Collar lined with red cotton fabric with blue flower and butterfly motifs; front edge lined with cotton of blue and pale orange chequers on light beige. Seams hand stitched in white cotton.
Event Date 18/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

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