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Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 18-1101, described as Adze; woodworking tool. Handle: wood(”kayu belimbing,” “Averrhoa bilimbi” Linn.); shank: wood (”jerin tupai”) (”Pithecellobium microcarpum,” Benth); blade: steel; tie: rattan (”rotan tunggai”). Handle, round, wider at top, 83 cm. long; large split at top of handle. Shank, L-shaped. Blade, approximately 16 cm. long. Iron blade purchased in market, usually made by Chinese blacksmiths, but occasionally by Malays. Used for felling trees and shaping wood planks, especially in the manufacture of boats. Like an axe or adze (blade can be rotated to an angle). Handle in two pieces, the handle (”purdah”) and the shank (”sangul”). Before axes became common as trade item this tool was extensively used, presently used only for special purposes like shaping beams and boats. Made by men. Cost in U.S. dollars: 5.33.

Hearst Museum object titled Ancestor figurine, accession number 18-989, described as Figurine, ancestor; carved hardwood, dark brown; male figure; hands claspes in front of body; headdress resembles spearpoint standing in air. Length 32.3 cm. Width 4 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Ancestor figurine, accession number 18-962, described as figurine, ancestor; carved hardwood figure, blackened over most of body surface; palmette headdress, long earrings, necklace, hands clasped in front of body; stands on small base with slightly bent knees

Hearst Museum object titled Anvil, accession number 18-744, described as pyramidal shaped iron pin anvil embedded on disc shaped section of log; possibly riveting anvil

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 18-776, described as Arrow; lanceolate iron point; bamboo shaft; fletching of two feathers bound on tangentially and slightly twisted around the shaft

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 18-775, described as Arrow; lanceolate iron point; bamboo shaft; fletching of two feathers bound on tangentially and slightly twisted around the shaft

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 18-1505, described as Bag. Palm leaf, plain weave; with two twined handles attached to rim. Hexagonal shape. “From cottage industries.” Length 40.5 cm. Width 30 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bark, accession number 18-1081, described as Bark: bark of “Artocorpus” (spelling?). Construction material specimen. Bark cloth, tying material, shoulder straps on carrying baskets, spinning top strings, etc. This piece of bark is part of the same batch from which the top strings (specimen #6) were made. Length 94 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1083, described as Container, food container: purple and green dyed, natural plaited “pandanus” rectangular container. Open work plaiting (decorative) at bottom of container with braid (single) 49.5 cm. long, knotted at end. 17 x 25 cm. (open plaiting forms triangle shape). Used as a container for gifts during rice harvest season. Filled with rice (hulled), or “empin” (a parched pounded rice product made only with newly harvested rice) and end sewn up. Used as a container for gifts to visitors (kin?) who help a family with harvest activities, probably ritual. No activities occurred during my [Don Lambert ?] research in which containers of this sort were required. These two containers (#42 and 43) are an example of an item people claim they used to make. I [Don Lambert ?] was unable to elicit a clear description of their former use, or exact rituals involved. Cost in U.S. dollars: 1.04. (see catalogue # 18-1084)

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1109, described as Basket: ritual harvesting basket. Bottom of basket square with four corners. Top of basket round, pulled in just below top. Dark brown, twill plaited rattan. Container for first rice harvest each season. Carried under arm. Used during rituals on first day of harvest only. Used by either men or women, but usually women. Made only by men. On the first day of harvest only one small basket is harvested in this type of “tanking,” the contents to be used for harvest rituals. Taboo of silence maintained from time of leaving house and returning with new rice. Cost in U.S. dollars: 1.66. Height 19 cm. Diameter of top opening 17 cm.

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