Long slender hair ornament made from bamboo, incised with bands of criss-cross patterns. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/2/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Long slender hair ornament made from bamboo, incised with bands of criss-cross patterns. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/2/2006]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Unknown
Cultural groups: Semai
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: ?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884 Found unentered: Found unentered
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Process Incised
Dimensions: Diameter: max 6 mm, Length: max 392 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.140.871 PR Cat other PR nos: [3347]
Research and responses: This was the only entry for a Malaysian ornament left unallocated, however, we note that the object does not have the number 3347 written on to it, the black and green book entries may therefore not match [AP 08/02/2006]