Round piece of wood nearly completely split into quarters. One end has been struck with a mallet so that it has frayed out. Used to make toothbrushes. [JP 29/10/2001]

Collection type: Object
Description: Round piece of wood nearly completely split into quarters. One end has been struck with a mallet so that it has frayed out. Used to make toothbrushes. [JP 29/10/2001]
Geographical reference: Thailand
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Thailand; Naung Chik Ban Sai Kau
Cultural groups: Thai
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 Wood Plant
Dimensions: Length 140 mm, Diameter 47 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.88.378.4
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]
See also 1902.88.378 .2 to .4 [JP 29/10/2001]