Accession No

TEMP.00873


Description

Rectangular cotton or linen cloth embroidered with a variety of irregular cross stitches. Multiple patterns in red, blue and green. Possibly a sampler cloth. Two hemmed edges.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; ?Malaysia


Period

?late 19th century


Source

?Skeat, Walter William [?field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

TEMP.00873; 510 [?Skeat catalogue no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Cotton; Linen


Local Term


Measurements

480mm x 470mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label adhered to object with printed text reads: '510.' It doesn't match with a Skeat filed collection number.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc


Description (Physical description)
Rectangular cotton textile, embroidered with triangular designs. Hemmed on two edges. Condition: poor- many holes throughout
Event Date 29/3/2019
Author: rachel hand


Description (Physical description)
Rectangular cotton or linen cloth embroidered with a variety of irregular cross stitches. Multiple patterns in red, blue and green. Possibly a sampler cloth. Two hemmed edges.
Event Date 17/10/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc


Context (Amendments / updates)
The alphanumeric number found on this object is not characteristic of a numbering system associated with the collections formed by Walter William Skeat.
Event Date 17/10/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc


Context (Amendments / updates)
W.W. Skeat made two collections in Southeast Asia. The first was made while he was District Magistrate in Selangor, Malaysia in 1896-1897 and is known as the First Skeat Collection or Skeat I. The Second was made in 1899-1900 on the Cambridge Exploring Expedition to the Malay Provinces of Lower Siam and known as the Second Skeat Collection, or Skeat II. Most objects were not given accession numbers on acquisition by MAA, and given Z Numbers during reorganisation in the 1980s. Several objects presumed to be from the Skeat Collections, but which cannot be traced either to an existing Z number or to Skeat’s catalogues, have been given TEMP numbers. Some of these are definitely Skeat, and some are not. The work of matching objects to their Skeat catalogue numbers is ongoing and likely to remain incomplete.
Event Date 17/10/2024
Author: rachel hand


Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6105 | Freezing
Event Date 28/11/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan


FM:283544

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