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

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed paper label adhered to dark side of fabric: '16T'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten paper label adhered to jacket: 'I [two stickers] 11 11'; 'I 11 [Arabic script] B. Kěbaya (pěrěmpuan)'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: '(Other number inside garment 16 T)'; And: '(But no mention of it being a model)'; And: 'Also Arabic label'; And: 'According to catalogue...a ' baju ganis', but seems more likely to be I: 12 'Kebaya perenipuan' 'Collected by: Skeat.W.W in 1896; 1897'

Event Date
Author: maa

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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. 11 (b) (2) 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): For Women: ‘(1, 2) Two Baju gâmis (gâmis ? Arabic), a long sac-jacket with small opening in front; (3, 4) two Kěbaya pěrěmpuan, i.e. Women’s Kebaya jacket, with opening the whole way down the front’
Event Date 1899
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Context (References)
Object consistent with No. 13 (b) (4) 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 woman's jacket with long sleeves, made of dark red cloth with white motifs. The collar is lined with white floral cloth.
Event Date 12/9/2005
Author: maa

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Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.370 | Repack
Event Date 6/2/2015
Author: cft31

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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 15/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Context (Analysis)
This model women’s jacket is labelled Skeat I: 11, which is described in the catalogue of the first Skeat collection as a baju gâmis with small front opening. However, the jacket is labelled 'B [Baju] Kěbaya (pěrěmpuan)' and is consistent with a model full front opening kěbaya pěrěmpuan. Skeat I: 12-13 match this description and Skeat 1: 12 has been identified as Z 33793.3. It is possible this jacket is Skeat I: 13.
Event Date 15/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

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Description (Physical description)
?Baju Gâmis. ?Baju Kěbaya Pěrěmpuan. Model women’s jacket of waxed cotton; dark red in colour with repeated white leaf-shape motifs made up of three lines and three central dots. Long jacket with long sleeves and full front opening; collar and front edge lined with cream cotton decorated with green, yellow and red flowers. Front panels, sleeves and hems hand stitched in white cotton.
Event Date 17/10/2024
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