Bamboo tobacco pipe incised and stained with an elaborate design. [ZM 22/9/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo tobacco pipe incised and stained with an elaborate design. [ZM 22/9/2005]
Long description: Bamboo tobecco pipe, decorated with large bands of different geometric designs along its length. Each large band is separated from the next by one or two smaller bands of geometric designs. The end of the pipe has two projecting rounded points of bamboo. [SM 22/01/2009]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Sarawak Upper Sadong River
Cultural groups: Bidayuh
Person: Field collector Robert Walter Campbell Shelford; PRM source Robert Walter Campbell Shelford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1912
Date collected: By 1912
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1912
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Pigment, Material Resin Plant, Process Incised, Process Stained
Dimensions: Width: max 41 mm, Length: max 592 mm, Depth: max 120 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1912.31.49
Research and responses: Dragon’s blood is red resin obtained from palm fruit [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [JP 18/11/1999]

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