Bamboo quiver [.1] with bands of plaited cane and basketry lid of rattan and cane. Inside are a number of small bamboo tubes into which the darts would be inserted. The centre is stuffed with very soft ?plant pith. Contains a bamboo dart [.2] with pith butt and a loose butt [.3]. [Dart to go with the butt and third dart [.4] not located] [El.B 16/5/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo quiver [.1] with bands of plaited cane and basketry lid of rattan and cane. Inside are a number of small bamboo tubes into which the darts would be inserted. The centre is stuffed with very soft ?plant pith. Contains a bamboo dart [.2] with pith butt and a loose butt [.3]. [Dart to go with the butt and third dart [.4] not located] [El.B 16/5/2007]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Cultural groups: Semai
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Francis Howe Seymour Knowles
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1936
Date collected: By 1936
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1936
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Rattan Plant, Material Plant Pith, Process Basketry, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Length: max 395 mm, Length: max 15 mm, Length: max 192 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1936.81.3

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