Context (Related Documents)
Listed in the 14th Annual Report (1899) 'Appendix II Skeat Collection./This collection was formed by the donor, Mr Walter W. Skeat, M.A., District Magistrate of Larut, Perak, in the Kuala Langat District of Selangor in the years 1896 and 1897'.
Event Date 1899
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Acquisition Details)
The 14th Annual Report (1899) noted that 'Mr Walter W. Skeat, M.A., District Magistrate of Larut, Selangor, Perak, has presented his extensive collection of Malay and Sakei weapons, implements, costumes, models, etc., comprising over a thousand specimens. This collection, the result of many years residence in the country, fills a considerable gap in the Museum series, and is the more valuable as many of the objects it embraces are actually no longer in use among the people, or are being rapidly displaced by European goods. By Grace, 10 February, 1898, Reporter, p. 486, the thanks of the University were offered to the donor for this most valuable gift.
The cost of packing and conveyance to Singapore was defrayed by the donor; while his father, Professor Skeat, generously paid the expenses of transit from Singapore to Cambridge; so that the collection was received by the University free of cost'.
Event Date 1899
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Amendments / updates)
The box number belongs to an old system of classification, and is now probably irrelevant. The catalogue card also indicates the (old) box number ' 30 C' . It also suggests that this item is Skeat I: 462. However, Skeat' s Printed Catalogue refers to a model showing boat building, " showing how planks are warped" . The number ' 10' also appears on the catalogue card, its meaning as yet unascertained. The dimensions of the box are 20" x 7" x 13" . This item needs to be rechecked against the PrintedCatalogue, and the box reclassified according to the modern system; Collected by: Skeat.W.W in 1896; 1897
Event Date 13/1/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A model showing the making of warped planks and fitting pegs.
Event Date 13/1/1987
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
A boat was found in the Babington store in a box which has now been assigned the number 48.M.25. It was found with a Skeat number but without a Z number on the object or on the box label. The Skeat number SK 462A matches this FileMaker record most closely. Z 33779 is therefore, the most likely candidate for the object stored in 48.M.25.
Event Date 6/7/2016
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Related Documents)
In the 14th Annual Report, Appendix II entitled "Skeat Collection", the object was given No. 462, under "8. Industries and Manufactures." The object was described, along with No. 463, "(4) How planks are warped; and (5) how they are fitted to a dug-out stock by means of pegs."
Event Date 8/11/2023
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu