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1902.88.514.2

Club made from a long thorny branch. The handle has been roughly carved or whittled. [SM 29/03/2007]

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1902.88.514.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Club made from a long thorny branch. The handle has been roughly carved or whittled. [SM 29/03/2007]
Geographical reference
Selangor Labuansara
Cultural groups
Kensiu
Po-Klo
Ukit
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1902
Date collected
1901 - 1902
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1902
Materials and processes
Material Plant Thorn, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 1110 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1902.88.514.2 Other PRM accession number: 1902.88.514a
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]

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]

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