Accession No

TEMP.00874


Description

Square possibly woollen textile mat or cloth made out of red, white and yellow small pom-poms on a green netted backing. The pattern follows a simple square design with intermediate red squares followed by red and yellow and yellow and white. Loose threads on all four corners.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; ?Malaysia


Period

?late 19th century


Source

Skeat, Walter William [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

TEMP.00874; 14 [?field collection no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Fibre; Wool; Cotton


Local Term


Measurements

480mm x 480mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label adhered to object with printed text reads: '14'. This likely corresponds to field collection numbers used by W.W. Skeat.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc


Description (Physical description)
Rectangular woollen textile, in green wool on the rear and red and yellow pom-poms on the front. Tasselled on all four sides. Made using a ?netting technique. ?Place mat sized textile.

Event Date 29/3/2019
Author: rachel hand


Description (Physical description)
Square possibly woollen textile mat or cloth made out of red, white and yellow small pom-poms on a green netted backing. The pattern follows a simple square design with intermediate red squares followed by red and yellow and yellow and white. Loose threads on all four corners.
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: Diana Serediuc


Context (Amendments / updates)
The alphanumeric number found on this object is characteristic of a numbering system associated with the collections formed by Walter William Skeat. However, It is missing its Skeat catalogue number and cannot currently be match to an entry in the Skeat I or Skeat II catalogues
Event Date 17/10/2024
Author: rachel hand


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


FM:283545

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