Accession No

Z 33793.4


Description

Baju Gâmis Pěrěmpuan. Model women’s jacket or tunic of waxed cotton; dark red in colour with repeated white leaf-shape motifs made up of three lines and three central dots. Closed tunic with round neck opening, v-shaped front opening and long sleeves. Collar and front opening lined with white cotton. Slightly flared at waist. Main panels, sleeves and hems hand stitched in white cotton.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Selangor; Kuala Langat District


Period


Source

Skeat, Walter William [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Skeat I: 10; 16 S [?field collection no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Cloth; Cotton


Local Term

Baju Gâmis [Malay]; Baju Gâmis Pěrěmpuan [Malay]


Measurements

380mm x 250mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
2 'Baju gamis' ie. two long sac jackets. This type of jacket has a small opening in front. Plus miniature model.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed paper label adhered to dark side of fabric: '16S'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten paper label adhered to jacket: 'Baju gamis (perempuan) [sic] [Arabic script] I [paper label] 10 I 10'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Related Documents)
The card reads: '(Other number on garment 16 E 12)... Written inside garment 'gamis'.' The card also reads: 'Plus miniature model, which also has number 16S and Arabic label'.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Amendments / updates)
There are three cards, all bearing the Z number 33793, and all evidently describing different objects. The contents of each card has been reproduced at time of computer transcription. According to the card, this item is Skeat I: 10.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
This object was collected by Walter William Skeat, District Magistrate of Larut, Perak, in the Kuala Langat District of Selangor, Malaysia, 1896-1897.
Event Date 1897
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (References)
Listed as No. 10 (b) (1) in the Catalogue of the First Skeat Collection: Skeat, Walter W. 1899. The Skeat Collection. Catalogue of the Ethnological Collection from the Malay Peninsula presented to the University in 1898 by the Collector. University of Cambridge: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Event Date 1899
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue of First Skeat Collection (1899): '(1, 2) Two Baju gâmis (gâmis ?Arabic), a long sac-jacket with small opening in front'
Event Date 1899
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Physical description)
Miniature of a long sleeved jacket made of dark red cloth with white designs. Round neck with a V opening. The neck opening is lined with white cloth.
Event Date 12/9/2005
Author: Heather Donoghue


Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.360 | Repack
Event Date 6/2/2015
Author: cao37


Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.361 | Repack
Event Date 6/2/2015
Author: cao37


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 21/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Physical description)
Baju Gâmis Pěrěmpuan. Model women’s jacket or tunic of waxed cotton; dark red in colour with repeated white leaf-shape motifs made up of three lines and three central dots. Closed tunic with round neck opening, v-shaped front opening and long sleeves. Collar and front opening lined with white cotton. Slightly flared at waist. Main panels, sleeves and hems hand stitched in white cotton.
Event Date 21/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Analysis)
Z 33793.1 and Z 33793.4 are both labelled as baju gâmis and given the Skeat number 10 (described as baju gâmis). It is likely that one of these garments is Skeat I: 11 (described as baju gâmis, wrongly assigned by Skeat to Z 33793.2, a kěbaya pěrěmpuan).
Event Date 22/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Analysis)
Z 33793.1-4 relate to entries 10-13 in the first Skeat collection catalogue and, as described, there are two baju gâmis and two kěbaya pěrěmpuan. However, the numbering adhered to each garment is not always consistent with the numbering and descriptions given in the first catalogue, a situation not easily rectified, as some garments appear to have been assigned more than one number and others the same number. There are, however, the correct number and type of garments present in the sequence.
Event Date 22/10/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue


Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6089 | Freezing
Event Date 11/11/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan


FM:320398

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