Circular wooden disk, part of a stand for bow 1903.12.13 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Circular wooden disk, part of a stand for bow 1903.12.13 .1
Long description: Engraved musical bow, with the ends carved in scrolls and perforated for cane strings. There is also a separate cane stick. The bow comes with a deep glazed pot and a circular disk of wood, which is slightly concave and elaborately carved on one side. [NC 06/07/2015]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Sarawak
Cultural groups: Tanjong
Person: Field collector Robert Walter Campbell Shelford; PRM source Robert Walter Campbell Shelford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903
Date collected: 1903
Acquisition information: Donated: 1903
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pottery, Material Cane Plant, Material Pigment, Material Resin Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Stained, Process Decorated, Process Incised
Dimensions: Diameter: max 226 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1903.12.13.4 Other numbers: 131-A-28
Research and responses: Dragon’s blood is red resin obtained from palm fruit [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [JP 18/11/1999]
This object was looked at by Hannah Parsons (MA student, University of East Anglia). The visit took place July 15 2015. [NC 15/07/2015]

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