IDNO

D.46185.SKT

Description

Pen, ink and wash vignette of an Orang Asli (historically described as "Negrito") man in a loincloth shooting a blowpipe in the jungle. [LC 7/3/2007]

Place

SE Asia; Malaysia; ?Kedah

Cultural Affliation

Orang Asli

Named Person

Photographer

Brock, C. [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

Skeat, Walter William

Date

1900

Collection Name

Skeat Collection

Source

Skeat, Walter William

Format

Artwork

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: This may have come from a photograph taken during Skeat’s visit to Siong, Kedah. Details can be found 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]