Accession No
Z 33503
Description
Two headdresses in coronet style.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Selangor; Kuala Langat District
Period
Source
Skeat, Walter William [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 33503; Skeat I: 903; Skeat I: 904
Cultural Affliation
Material
Palm Leaf; Grass; Leaf; Wood
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
2 headdresses in coronet style. One consists of a band of two narrow strips of palm leaf interlaced with similar strips hanging down. The second, in addition to the strips hanging down, has a series of little sticks wrapped in grass and leaves standing up
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
The card gives two numbers: " S 23 A" , " S 23 B" . These may be obsolete box numbers, or they may be parts of an obsolete system of classification; in any case, their significance is at present unclear; Collected by: Skeat.W.W in 1896; 1897
Event Date 26/1/1987
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
'The term Sakei was removed from the Cultural Group field as this is a slang term that is considered inappropriate and offensive in Malaysia, and does not refer to a specific cultural group. As advised by Alice Rudge, a visiting researcher from the British Library [22/10/2018]'.
Event Date 25/10/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin
FM:78379
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