IDNO

D.46183.SKT

Description

Pen, ink and wash vignette of a group of five Semang musicians, seated and squatting on the ground in front of a makeshift leaf and ?bamboo shelter.
At the front is a man holding a length of bamboo in one hand and a 'fan', possibly of split bamboo, in the other hand. Next to him sits a man holding a pair of sticks. Behind them is a man playing a nose-pipe. To the right is another man holding a 'fan'. [LC 7/3/2007]

Place

SE Asia; Malaysia; Kedah [Siong]

Cultural Affliation

Orang Asli; Semang

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

1900

Collection Name

Skeat Collection

Source

Skeat, Walter William

Format

Artwork

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Group: The generic contemporary Malaysian term for indigenous inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, Orang Asli, is used here. The historical group name ‘Semang’ as used by Skeat for this photograph is in square brackets. [Liana Chua 23/4/2007]

Bibliographical Reference: Skeat’s visit to Siong, Kedah, is recounted in Skeat, W.W. 1953. Reminiscences of the Cambridge University Expedition to the North-Eastern Malay States, 1899-1900. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 26, Part 4, pp.142-145.

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

P.46182.SKT-P.46281.SKT were found in the envelope now numbered C153/7/. A descriptive list of photographs numbered from 1 to 42 found with the set.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Liana Chua 7/3/2007]