Woven basket, cylindrical in shape with a square base. A monkey bone is attached by a plant fibre cord to the rim of the basket at two points. [CW [OPS Move] 2/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woven basket, cylindrical in shape with a square base. A monkey bone is attached by a plant fibre cord to the rim of the basket at two points. [CW [OPS Move] 2/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Selangor Labuansara
Cultural groups: Kensiu; Po-Klo; Ukit
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 Monkey Bone Animal, Material Plant, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Depth: max 85 mm, Width: max 135 mm, Length: max 320 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.88.510 Other numbers: 510
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]
Other information - Note that 'Sakai Bukit' is often used as ethnonym for 'Po-Klo', but 'Sakai' is an offensive term meaning 'slave'. However, note too that 'Orang Bukit' can also be an ethnonym for some Kensiu people, hence it is not entirely clear from which group this object comes, although Po-Klo and Kensiu are in any case related. Information from Ethnologue. [SHD 1/6/2001]

Search terms: Basketry, Basket