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1896.52.1

Wax figure of Chinese man stuck with pins, used in sorcery.

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1896.52.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wax figure of Chinese man stuck with pins, used in sorcery.
Geographical reference
Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Selangor
Cultural groups
Chinese
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1896
Date collected
By 1896
Acquisition information
Donated: 1896
Materials and processes
Material Wax, Material Steel Metal
Dimensions
Length 215 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1896.52.1
Research and responses

Skeat worked for the colonial service in Selangor in 1891

Associated publications
Illustrated on page 12 of the exhibition catalogue 'Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft' as Figure 4 with the caption 'Wax figure of a Chinese man stuck with pins. Collected in Malaysia, 1896. 21.5 cm. Copyright Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford (1896.52.1)' [FB 19/10/2018]

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