Accession No

E 1903.435


Description

Dart case, made of a short very stout bamboo decorated with magical designs with a closely woven rattan cap.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia


Period


Source

Ridgeway, William (Prof.; Sir) [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1903.435


Cultural Affliation

Semang


Material

Bamboo; Palm Leaf; Rattan; Cane


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
A dart case, made of a short very stout bamboo decorated with magical designs. It has a closely woven rattan cap, inside which is a cane frame work for holding the wads of fluff (collected from the base of palm leaves) inserted behind the dart toprevent windage when shooting. It contains a number of poisoned darts in palm leaf wrappings, and has a string belt attached to the centre with a cane ring and fastener
Event Date 1903
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Ridgeway.Professor
Event Date 5/3/1987
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:79960

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