1902.88.501

Collection type

Object

Description

Woman’s fringed skirt made from fungus with plaited waistband. [FB 05/02/2015]

Geographical reference

Thailand

Asia > South-eastern Asia > Thailand

Ulu Jalor Kampong Mabek

Cultural groups

Kensiu

Jahai

Semang

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

Donated: 1902

Materials and processes

Material Fungus Plant, Material Plant Root, Material Plant Fibre, Process Looped, Process Tied

Dimensions

Width: max 345 mm, Length: max 225 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1902.88.501 Other numbers: 501

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]

According to Ethnologue, 'Seman' or 'Semang' is an ethnonym for some Kensiu groups, but it is offensive (meaning 'debt-slave' in Khmer). Note too that 'Sakai' is also an offensive term, referring to various Semai and Kensiu groups. 'Panghan' is an alternative spelling of 'Pangan', an ethnonym for the Jehai. [SHD 4/6/2001]

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Religion, Belt, Waist Ornament, Amulet