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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 Apron, accession number 10-729, described as Apron; black pina cloth; white embroidery; 31 1/2” L.

Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 10-2663, described as No description given on catalog card

Hearst Museum object titled Armband, accession number 10-1396, described as Man's arm band; buri and nito; twill plaiting; red and black; blue cotton thread edging 5 inch diameter by 4.375 inchea

Hearst Museum object titled Arm band, accession number 10-1446, described as Man’s chicken-tail-feather arm band decoration, held in bamboo tube.

Hearst Museum object titled Arm band, accession number 10-1447, described as Man’s chicken-tail feather arm band decoration; held in bamboo tube with incised decoration