Collection place: Malaysia / Year collected: [Missing] / Donor: Mrs. Earl M. Blair - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 18-1015, described as Comb for removing lice from hair; multiple fine wood teeth, wood handle; string at either end of teeth to provide tension. Length 12.9 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 18-1014, described as Comb for removing lice from hair; multiple fine wood teeth, wood handle; woven in are two rows of metal strips. Length 13.3 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Knife for tapping rubber tree, accession number 18-1022, described as Knife for tapping rubber tree; wood handle, steel blade bend over at end; blade marked “Rich A. Herder Solingen.” Length 19.6 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 18-998, described as Mat with painted “wayang” figures; six painted “wayang” figures; garuda in center; raffia in plainweave. Height 39 cm. Width 1.44 m. not including fringe.

Hearst Museum object titled Model building, accession number 18-995, described as house model; carved wood house on stilts; incised and painted curvilinear and zoomorphic designs, red, black and white pigment; curved, thatched roof; end of roofline and decorative finial missing at on end. Said by Mrs. Blair to be model of Barak headman’s house in Brastagi. Height 31.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1009, described as Batik cloth, cotton; brown ground, repeat bird design in blue and white, repeat floral design in blue and yellow. For manufacturing; possibly same piece of batik as 18-1003. 1.2 m. x 77 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1008, described as Sarong (?), batik on cotton; design of peacocks and florals; brown, red, blue on light tan ground. 1.2 x 1.76 m.