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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 Adze, accession number 9-13223, described as Hoe; iron bitted; wood handle; 42.5 cm. long.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alternate cookie form, accession number 18-520g, described as alternate cookie form. Diameter of each ca 4-5 cm. Used to form cookies of eggs, rice, flour, etc.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alternate cookie form, accession number 18-520f, described as alternate cookie form. Diameter of each ca 4-5 cm. Used to form cookies of eggs, rice, flour, etc.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alternate cookie form, accession number 18-520h, described as alternate cookie form. Diameter of each ca 4-5 cm. Used to form cookies of eggs, rice, flour, etc.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alternate cookie form, accession number 18-520i, described as alternate cookie form. Diameter of each ca 4-5 cm. Used to form cookies of eggs, rice, flour, etc.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alternate cookie form, accession number 18-520e, described as alternate cookie form. Diameter of each ca 4-5 cm. Used to form cookies of eggs, rice, flour, etc.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alternate cookie form, accession number 18-520d, described as alternate cookie form. Diameter of each ca 4-5 cm. Used to form cookies of eggs, rice, flour, etc.
Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 9-20485, described as Amulet, plastic, round; handcaraved profile of man in medium relief, encased in clear plastic bubble; affixed to copper colored plastic backing; metal ring at top for handing on chain.
Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 9-20484, described as Amulet, plastic, rectangular; miniature photocopy of personal letter with photo of man superimposed; enclosed in clear plastic bubble; metal ring for hanging on chain at top. CHECK

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