Piece of stone kept in a house as a charm against lightening. [DCF Court Team 17/1/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Piece of stone kept in a house as a charm against lightening. [DCF Court Team 17/1/2003]
Long description: Piece of stone kept in a house as a charm against lightening. Stone tool, adze with beaked cutting face, chipped. The tool has four long polished sides. Short scraping marks on sides. [MJD 06/08/2013]
Geographical reference: Thailand
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Thailand; Ulu Jalor Kampong Jalor Bangkok [Krung Thep]
Person: Field collector Thomas Nelson Annandale; Field collector Herbert Christopher Robinson; Field collector Herbert Christopher Robinson expedition; PRM source Thomas Nelson Annandale
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1902
Date collected: 1901 - 1902
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1902
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Polished, Process Ground
Dimensions: Thick: max 35 mm, Width: max 46 mm, Length: max 317 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.88.246
Research and responses: Thomas Nelson Annandale and Herbert Christopher Robinson undertook an expedition to Perak and the [then] Siamese Malay states in 1901-1902, under the auspices of the Universities of Edinburgh and Liverpool. The results of this expedition were published in Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an Expedition to Perak and the Siamese Malay States, 1901-1902, published in London by Longmans, Green in four parts between 1903 and 1907. [SHD 17/5/2001]
This object was studied by Dr Huw Barton, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, on 29 July 2013. He noted that it has been used as a touchstone for gold. There are traces of gold on the sides. [MJD 06/08/2013]

Search terms: Religion, Dwelling, Metallurgy, Tool, Amulet, Adze, House-ornament