1956.12.79B

Collection type

Object

Description

Leg ornament of plaited rattan worn below the knee. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/11/2005]

Geographical reference

Malaysia

Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia

Sarawak Rejang and Baram Rivers

Cultural groups

Penan

Person

Field collector Guy Arnold

Field collector Oxford University Expedition to Borneo

PRM source Guy Arnold

PRM source Oxford University Expedition to Borneo

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1956

Date collected

By 1956

Acquisition information

Purchased: 1956

Materials and processes

Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Process Plaited, Process Basketry

Dimensions

Diameter: max 115 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1956.12.79B Other numbers: 10

Research and responses

Related Documents File - Letter from Guy Arnold to Beatrice Blackwood dated 18 June ?1956. "With regard to the duplicated numbers these are in fact all variations or different types. The sago eaters for example are two quite distinct types while the various beads are similar but together give a representative idea of what they wear. I would prefer to keep the collection as one since, although hardly complete, it does range through the greater amount of the normal things which they had in use." The letter then goes on to discuss the cost and the delivery of the collection. Also in the RDF, a complete hand written list of objects included in the collection with brief information for each (used in the Accession Book Entry), a typed list comprising the "whole collection of Ethnological Specimens from the Luar and Plieran Penans to be sent to the Pitt-Rivers Museum", and a receipt for payment of the collection, bought by the Pitt Rivers Museum from Guy Arnold, dated 30 July 1956. [EB 13/2/2002]

See: 'A General Report on the Organization, Work and Results of the Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak. 1955 - 1956' (Balfour Library Pamphlets; 'Indonesia Borneo' Box) [CF 1/3/2001]

Search terms: Ornament, Basketry, Leg Ornament