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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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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
Person
Field collector Frank Mills
PRM source John R. Frank Mills
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]

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