Accession No

E 1916.52.19


Description

Helmet, woven from cane. The helmet is circular with a projecting section in the centre top. At the very centre there is a hole with rough edges. The helmet is dark brown in colour.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Borneo; Sabah; Kota Belud District; Tambatuan


Period


Source

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1916.52.19; MAA: E 1916.52.19; AR 1916.158.93


Cultural Affliation

Dusun


Material

Wood; Cane


Local Term


Measurements

235mm x 125mm x 235mm


Events

Context (References)
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and of Ethnology (1918) Thirty-second Annual Report of the Antiquarian Committee to the Senate with List of Accessions for the Year 1916 Presented May 24, 1917. Reprinted from the Cambridge University Reporter.
Event Date 1918
Author: Flo Sutton


Context (Field collection)
‘A most valuable addition has been made to the Bornean collection by the gift of a comprehensive set of manufactures of the Orang Dusun and other tribes, which I. H. N. Evans, B.A.. Clare College, specially collected for the Museum during a visit to the Tempassuk District in 1915’ (1918:3)
Event Date 1918
Author: Flo Sutton


Context (Production / use)
Note on catalogue card: " These helmets are obsolescent, and will probably be unobtainable in a few years time."
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: Flo Sutton


Description (Physical description)
Helmet, woven from cane. The helmet is circular with a projecting section in the centre top. At the very centre there is a hole with rough edges. The helmet is dark brown in colour.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Flo Sutton


FM:92708

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