Saw, gaji sarong kris, with a finely toothed blade tanged into a wooden handle. The saw is used to make the upper part of a kris sheath. [SM 31/05/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Saw, gaji sarong kris, with a finely toothed blade tanged into a wooden handle. The saw is used to make the upper part of a kris sheath. [SM 31/05/2007]
Geographical reference: Thailand
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Thailand; Ulu Jalor Kampong Mabek
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 Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 245 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.88.393 Other numbers: 393
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]

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