Context (Field collection)
Collected and donated by American anthropologist Dr Robert Knox Dentan (b.1936)
Event Date 1976
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Related Documents)
A covering card in the original card index reads: 'PART COLLECTION: "From the mah meri village on Pulan Carey off the Selangor coast. The mah meri are a Senoi people (ma = person, mri = inland) call themselves ma banwan (sea people). They exploit mangrove swamp and coastal sea." from Leta Richter 27 2 1976. The catalogue number 1976.1582 covers all those articles having an existing list number. The CM numbers used by the Dentans are retained to ease x ref. with their notes'.
On the individual catalogue card for this item [CM.15] there is the following entry: "(no notes?)".
Event Date 1976
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A model ?net
Event Date 1976
Author: maa