Accession No

Z 20111


Description

Bulang baling. Palm-wood dart or throwing stick with single point. Stick of circular cross-section, tapering towards a point at one end.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia


Period


Source

Skeat, Walter William [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 20111; 135 [Skeat I Coll.]; 22 BG


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term

Bulang baling


Measurements

949mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Two printed labels affixed to object '22 BG' and '135', the latter connecting it to the Skeat I Collection
Event Date
Author: rachel hand


Context (Related Documents)
Part of Skeat Collection I, Nos 135—137. Three palm-wood darts, bulang baling, i.e. Throwing Stick: (1) one with single point and square end, length 37"; and two with both ends pointed, length 37" and 57". Used both in jungle fighting and in the chase.
Event Date 1898
Author: rachel hand


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads "No provenance"

Event Date 29/6/2000
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Short stick of hard wood, tapered to one end.
Event Date 29/6/2000
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Bulang baling. Palm-wood dart or throwing stick with single point. Stick of circular cross-section, tapering towards a point at one end. Noted as square sectioned at base in the Skeat catalogue I under # '135'. but dimensions of c.37" match the description
Event Date 20/2/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Amendments / updates)
Labels affixed to Z 20111 are identical to labels found on objects forming part of the Skeat collection. The place field and source field have been updated to reflect relative certainty that this object belongs to the same group of objects.
Event Date 20/2/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:129213

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