Accession No
TEMP.01560
Description
Wooden spatula for making dart poison. Plank of wood with pencil drawings on upper surface including a snake, groove carved along one edge; zigzags carved into one side, a single, rounded notch in the other; four holes drilled into the upper surface, one with the remains of a peg or dowel.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Selangor; Kuala Langat District
Period
Source
Skeat, Walter William [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01560; MAA: ?Z 33271; Skeat I: 955; Skeat I: ?979; S 18
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
575mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Rectangular printed label adhered to spatula: '979'
Later scribbled through in pencil.
Marked twice in pencil, one scribbled out: '955'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label adhered to one end: 'S 18'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Wooden spatula for making dart poison. Plank of wood with pencil drawings on upper surface including a snake, groove carved along one edge; zigzags carved into one side, a single, rounded notch in the other; four holes drilled into the upper surface, one with the remains of a peg or dowel.
Event Date 11/11/2021
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
The place field has been populated with information from Z 33271, Skeat 979 and Z 33436, Skeat 953-4 which may be related to this object.
Event Date 11/11/2021
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:294207
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