Clothing, worn as a shawl

Collection type: Object
Description: Clothing, worn as a shawl
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Person: Field collector Anthony Haydock Hill; PRM source Anthony Haydock Hill; PRM source Michael Bent [executor]; PRM source J.W.G. Cocke [executor]
Date / Period: Date made: 1890?, uncertain
Date collected: By 1950
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1961
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Yarn Metallic, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Length 2825 mm, Width 937 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1961.11.66
Research and responses: This textile and related documentation were viewed as part of the Clothworkers’ Textile Project in January 2026.
A letter, dated 3 May 1959, from A.H. Hill to T.K. Penniman offering a collection of Malay items to the museum for exhibition includes the following information which confirms the sarongs are from Trengganu;
"...About 15 sarong illustrating the full range of embroidered cloths made in Trengganu..."
In response ‘Uncertain’ had been removed from the Geographical Provenance. [EW 20/01/2026]

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