Accession No
1892.44.2/Record 2
Description
Votive Offering. A flag-like objects bound together in two parts, made of tinsels, paper etc to place on shrines
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Myanmar; Mon State; Mawlamyine
Period
Source
Temple, Richard Carnac (Lieutenant Colonel Sir) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1892.44.2/Record 2; MAA: AR 1892.37 (3)
Cultural Affliation
Material
Paper; Wood; Cane; Ink; Metal
Local Term
Measurements
Weight 0.039kg
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
'I have made this record 2 as the register notes E 1892.44 as an Australian spear. R.Hand 07/2007'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Adhered to the label stated above is a printed label which reads '44'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
A label affixed to the second bundle of flags (including metal strips) reads 'A number of flag-like objects made of tinsel, paper, +c to place on shrines. Moulmein Burma Prest by Major R.C. Temple 1892' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
Adhered to the label stated above is a printed label which reads '44'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
A label affixed to one bundle by being pierced by an object reads 'flags - to place on shrines + [illegible] Maulmain Burma' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A number of flag-like objects, bound together in two parts, made of tinsels, paper etc to place on shrines.
Event Date 1892
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
Previous number field stated 2 which refers to the bundles not individual flags.
Event Date 8/1/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Amendments / updates)
As the above amendment stated that it was E 1892.44 that was an Australian spear, this prefix has been added to the record for 1892.44. This therefore differentiates these two 1892.44 records. The /Record 2 has therefore been removed from this record.
Event Date 8/1/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:320037
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