- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Thin rectangular case for a pipe (1992.6.218 .1) consisting of a bamboo lid with circles carved on top, which fits over a wooden base that has been carved in imtation of bamboo and with circles on the base. [JP 13/8/2003]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Malay
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1893
- Date collected
- 1893 - 1913 MALAYSIA
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1992 Found unentered: 2003
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length x Width 205 x 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1992.6.218.2.1 Accession number: 1992.6.218.2.2
- Research and responses
'Lieutenant-Colonel F. Mills, D.S.O. was born in Liverpool in 1873. In 1893 or 1894 he went to Malaya as a Civil Engineer to develop the railway system. In his spare time he enjoyed big game hunting and polo. He left Malaya in 1913 and returned to England. Obtained a Commission in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and commanded the 6th Battalion in Palestine and at Gallipoli. Received the D.S.O. at the Battle of Gaza. Left the army at the end of the war. Married in 1919, and lived in Wales until his death in 1945.' [MdeA 14/10/2002]
1992.6.218.2.1
Thin rectangular case for a pipe (1992.6.218 .1) consisting of a bamboo lid with circles carved on top, which fits over a wooden base that has been carved in imtation of bamboo and with circles on the base. [JP 13/8/2003]
1992.6.218.2.1
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