Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card reads, '[...] For producing sickness in enemies by sticking pins into them.'
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads, 'Only one of each type of figure (ie. of (1), (2), (3)) is listed in the Skeat Catalogue'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter William Skeat between 1896 and 1897.
Event Date 1896
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
The 14th annual report (1899) reads, 'APPENDIX II. Skeat Collection [...] 856—858. Three figures in wax, for producing sickness in enemies, by sticking pins in them: representing (1) a human figure, (2) a mushroom-shaped umbrella, and (3) a nail-shaped taper.'
Event Date 6/6/1899
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (References)
Skeat, W. W. (1900) 'Malay Magic'. New York: Macmillan. pl.28, fig. 2, p.570
Event Date 1900
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 33469, handwritten in blue ball point pen, reads, '7 wax figures. / [...] / Representing: / 1: 3 human figures / 2: 2 mushroom shaped umbrellas / 3: 2 wax tapers'.
Event Date 27/1/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Wax taper. Mounted on a circular platform, possibly for display.
Event Date 8/5/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu