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1902.88.249

Whetstone

1902.88.249

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Collection type
Object
Description
Whetstone
Long description
Stone used to sharpen steel cock-spurs.
Geographical reference
Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Negeri Sembilan Kampong Jalor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1902
Date collected
1901 - 1902
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1902
Materials and processes
Material Stone
Dimensions
Length: max 83 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1902.88.249 Other numbers: 249
Associated publications
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]

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