Bow-shaped tool used in cotton processing for fluffing up the cotton, consisting of curved ?bamboo bow and ?rattan plant string. The string is tied in a loop at one end. [EH [OPS Move] 3/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bow-shaped tool used in cotton processing for fluffing up the cotton, consisting of curved ?bamboo bow and ?rattan plant string. The string is tied in a loop at one end. [EH [OPS Move] 3/5/2017]
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 Wood Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Rattan Plant, Process Strung, Process Perforated, Process Tied
Dimensions: Depth: max 45 mm, Width: max 290 mm, Length: max 840 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2005.114.5 Other numbers: Donor's catalogue item 6
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 18/10/2005]

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