Accession No
1938.103.2
Description
A harrow consisting of a wooden bar, teeth and a grinding bar. Now disassembled and in six pieces: thick wooden bar carved with three rectangular holes; two thin bars carved with notches and curved middles, split at one end and drilled with holes at the other; two thin bars with rectangular split ends at one end, and flat rounded ends at the other; a bar of bamboo with two rectangular holes, drilled through with circular holes.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Myanmar; Shan State; Mu Se District; Namhkam
Period
Source
Samson, Otto William (Dr) [field collector]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1938.103.2
Cultural Affliation
Shan; Palaung
Material
Wood; Bamboo
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Production / use)
Harrow made by Palaung but used by Shan.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Harrow made from heavy wooden bar with nine teeth fixed by wedges into slots, and grinding bar behind.
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
A harrow consisting of a wooden bar, teeth and a grinding bar. Now disassembled and in six pieces: thick wooden bar carved with three rectangular holes; two thin bars carved with notches and curved middles, split at one end and drilled with holes at the other; two thin bars with rectangular split ends at one end, and flat rounded ends at the other; a bar of bamboo with two rectangular holes, drilled through with circular holes.
Event Date 24/7/2024
Author: Emily Shorter
Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6013 | Freezing
Event Date 2/9/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan
FM:281359
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