Accession No

1937.547 D.2


Description

Six shells.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Perak; Sungai Siput; Gua Ba'aik


Period

c. 2500 BC


Source

Noone, R. O. D. [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1937.547 D.2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Other)
Card has the following entry: '?by H.D.Noone not of this shelter but another close by.'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Field collection)
Collected from Gua Ba'aik Rock Shelter in July 1936.
Event Date 1936
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Field collection)
Note attached to the back of the catalogue card reads: 'Gua Ba' aik Rock Shelter, Nr Sungei Siput, Perak State Malaya. The shells, pounderstone of quartz, The flaked piece of schist (knife) and two pieces of cord-marked pottery, were found in this shelter in association with some 7 or 8 adult skeletons, said to be of Melanesoid Strain. Date, according to Professor Van Stein Callenfels, about 2,500 B.C. Discovery made July 1936. R. O. D. N.'
Event Date 1936
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Shell
Event Date 5/2/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1937.547 D[.1-2]: 'Six shells found, also one piece of bone.'
Event Date 9/7/2001
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Six shells.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:304708

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