IDNO

P.46014.SKT

Description

Interior of house showing a pelamin (dais constructed for marriage ceremony) displaying three marriage pillows standing upright in a row. Each pillow has a central, richly embroidered design, framed by a black border and a larger white border. On top of them are smaller embroidered pillows or bolsters.
In front of the pillows are two candlesticks, one holding a candle. On the dais is a woven ?pandanus mat. Next to the ensemble is a set of patterned drapes.
Seated in front of the dais are a man, woman and child. [LC 7/2/2007]

Place

SE Asia; Malaysia; East Coast; Pattani [Patani]

Cultural Affliation

Malay

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Skeat, Walter William [from Cambridge Expedition to the North-eastern Malay States and Upper Perak, 1899 - 1900]

Date

1899

Collection Name

Skeat Collection

Source

Skeat, Walter William

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: Further details on marriage and marriage pillows can be found in Skeat, W.W., 1900. Malay Magic: Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula (Macmillan, London) pp. 368-396.

This print was kept in a box now numbered C153/ by the cataloguer. This box was formerly numbered 160.

P.46000.SKT-P.46074.SKT were found in the envelope now numbered C153/1/.
Taken during the Cambridge-sponsored expedition to the (north east) Malay Peninsula in 1899.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Liana Chua 7/2/2007]