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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