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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