Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card reads: '(Other number on garment 16 E 12)... Written inside garment 'gamis'.' The card also reads: 'Plus miniature model, which also has number 16S and Arabic label.
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Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Physical description)
2 'Baju gamis' ie. two long sac jackets. This type of jacket has a small opening in front. Plus miniature model.
Event Date
Author: maa

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Context (Amendments / updates)
There are three cards, all bearing the Z number 33793, 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: 10.

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Author: maa

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed paper labels adhered to inside of fabric: '16 E 12'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Black ink inscription on collar lining: 'Gamis'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label, handwritten in pencil, pinned to front of garment: 'I 10 Baju Gamis'
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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Context (References)
Listed as No. 10 (b) (1) 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)
Catalogue of First Skeat Collection (1899): '(1, 2) Two Baju gâmis (gâmis ?Arabic), a long sac-jacket with small opening in front'
Event Date 1899
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Physical description)
The large jacket is green with gold and red embroidery. The jacket is lined with a grey black and white printed cloth around the neck opening and red cloth on the inside of the sleeves.
Event Date 12/9/2005
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.361 | Repack
Event Date 6/2/2015
Author: cao37

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Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.360 | Repack
Event Date 6/2/2015
Author: cao37

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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 21/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Physical description)
Baju Gâmis. Women’s jacket or tunic of green silk; decorated with repeated large and small flower motifs in gold, the larger motifs have a red circle. Closed tunic with round neck opening and v-shaped front opening with four button holes; upper body and collar lined with purple and pale blue patterned fabric printed with foliage and butterflies. Long sleeves, the cuffs lined with red fabric.
Event Date 21/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Context (Analysis)
Z 33793.1 and Z 33793.4 are both labelled as baju gâmis and given the Skeat I number 10 (described as baju gâmis). It is likely that one of these garments is Skeat I: 11 (described as baju gâmis, wrongly assigned by Skeat to Z 33793.2, a kěbaya pěrěmpuan).
Event Date 22/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Context (Analysis)
Z 33793.1-4 relate to entries 10-13 in the first Skeat collection catalogue and, as described, there are two baju gâmis and two kěbaya pěrěmpuan. However, the numbering adhered to each garment is not always consistent with the numbering and descriptions given in the first catalogue, a situation not easily rectified, as some garments appear to have been assigned more than one number and others the same number. There are, however, the correct number and type of garments present in the sequence.
Event Date 22/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

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