Context (Related Documents)
Register notes 'c& d R.K. Denton [sic]' but the 1976 Annual report notes 'Dr. and Mrs. Denton [sic]. Collection from the Mah Meri of Malaysia, including various household utensils, baskets, fishing nets etc' .
Event Date 1976
Author: rachel hand

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

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'
Event Date 1976
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
A net section - "japanese string"
Event Date 24/2/1987
Author: maa