Context (Other owners)
Collected by Professor Anthony Ashley Bevan.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Acquisition Details)
Accession Register 8, p. 88: 'B. Tregaskis. ※Professor Bevan.'
Event Date 1909
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (Physical description)
Eleven shadow puppets of elaborate design and delicate workmanship. Cut in leather. Illuminated in gold and various colours, and showing fine lace-work patterns. The handles and strengthening rods of six are of moulded horn and those of the remaining five are of wood
Event Date 1909
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
The 25th annual report (1910) reads, 'JAVA / 258. A set of eleven marionettes cut in leather, of elaborate design and delicate workmanship, illuminated in gold and colours. The handles and strengthening ribs of six are of moulded horn, of the others of wood. Largest, 27"xl3"'5; smallest, 7" - 2 x 9"-4. Java. *John Venn, Sc.D.'
Event Date 2/6/1910
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Six shadow puppets of elaborate design and delicate workmanship. Cut in leather. Illuminated in gold and various colours, and showing fine lace-work patterns. The handles and strengthening rods of horn or wood.
Event Date 7/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card states Professor Bevan to have been the donor, while the Annual Report states him to have been John Venn.
Event Date 7/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Acquisition Details)
The source field previously recorded both John Venn and A.A. Bevan as possible collectors and donors. The Accession Register records that these items were purchased from Tregaskis and Bevan as the monetary donor. The source field has been updated accordingly.

Event Date 10/6/2023
Author: Mark Elliott