Cane tally strip used in denoting how many scores of coconuts have been promised/supplied to ship-traders in exchange for food advanced by the latter.

Collection type: Object
Description: Cane tally strip used in denoting how many scores of coconuts have been promised/supplied to ship-traders in exchange for food advanced by the latter.
Long description: Cane (or bamboo) tally strips used in denoting how many scores of coconuts have been promised/supplied to ship-traders in exchange for food advanced by the latter. Each nick denotes 10 pairs of nuts.
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Nicobar Islands
Person: Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1886
Date collected: Before 1886
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Process Split
Object numbers: Accession number: 1887.11.38.4 Other numbers: 81
Research and responses: On the donor card it says 'The Nicobar collections came in two ways 1. via the University Museum transfer in 1886 and via General Pitt Rivers own collections ... Donations volume 1 pages 12 - 15 which lists those objects given by Man to the University Museum and then transferred to PRM in 1886; with retrospective numbers', all objects need to be carefully matched against entries and where uncertain both Objects PRM and the PR catalogue entries examined to ensure the right entry has been chosen [AP 2/9/99]

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