Bamboo implement for removing seeds from raw cotton. Green in colour. Trapezoidal in shape, with one straight end and one bluntly serrated end. Stored inside box [2005.114.1 .1 - .2] along with [2005.114.1 .3] and [2005.114.1 .4

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo implement for removing seeds from raw cotton. Green in colour. Trapezoidal in shape, with one straight end and one bluntly serrated end. Stored inside box [2005.114.1 .1 - .2] along with [2005.114.1 .3] and [2005.114.1 .4 - .8] [EH [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; Savu
Person: Field collector Felicity Wood; PRM source Felicity Wood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/2004
Date collected: August 2005
Acquisition information: Donated: 05/10/2005
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 4 mm, Width: max 26 mm, Length: max 168 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2005.114.1.4 Other numbers: Donor's catalogue item 1
Research and responses: See Genevieve Duggan, 'Ikats of Savu Women Weaving History in Eastern Indonesia' Studies in Material Cultures of Southeast Asia No. 1, Bangkok 2001 [MdeA 17/10/2005]

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