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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