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1902.88.502

Bracelet of plaited rattan. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/11/2005]

1902.88.502

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bracelet of plaited rattan. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/11/2005]
Geographical reference
Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Upper Perak Grit
Cultural groups
Kensiu
Semai
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1902
Date collected
1901 - 1902
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1902
Materials and processes
Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Process Plaited, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Diameter: max 70 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1902.88.502
Research and responses

According to Ethnologue, 'Seman' or 'Semang' is an ethnonym for some Kensiu groups, but it is offensive (meaning 'debt-slave' in Khmer). However, it could also be a misspelling/misreading of 'Semai'. [SHD 4/6/2001] The object looks exactly like 1893.70.1-3, which are described as Semang. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/11/2005]

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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