Shuttle carved from turtle shell. [IL [OPS Move] 29/3/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Shuttle carved from turtle shell. [IL [OPS Move] 29/3/2017]
Long description: Shuttle carved from turtle shell. Rectangular in shape, with U-shaped section carved out at one end. Restricts and expands at one end to form a diamond shaped point, and two short protruding arms expanding and circling to form a circular hole at the other. [IL [OPS Move] 29/3/2017]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Pahang Pekan
Cultural groups: Malay
Person: Field collector Herbert Christopher Robinson; PRM source Herbert Christopher Robinson; PRM source Perak and Selangor Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1914
Materials and processes: Material Turtleshell Reptile, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 3 mm, Width: max 9 mm, Length: max 92 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1914.42.14
Research and responses: Henry Balfour visited Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday 29th September 1914 on the return journey from his trip to Australia for the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting and saw Robinson when he must have been given this object. His diary reads: "Spent rest of morning at the Selangor Museum with H.C. Robinson (director) + C.Boden Kloss, + lunched with them in their bungalow." [CRFW 27/1/2003]