Box

Museum number:
18-1073
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001073
Accession number:
Acc.3313
Description:
Tray: rubber coagulating tray. Rectangular tin box without lid. Used to coagulate latex from “Hevea.” Latex poured in and mixed with coagulating agent such as acetic acid, when processing rubber. The tins are made by men, bought from merchants. Use by men and women. This size tray makes a rubber sheet having a dry weight of 8 to 10.5 pounds, many farmers now use an entire instead of a half tin to process larger sheets. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 42 cents). Length 34 cm. Width 24 cm. Height 11.7 cm.
Donor:
Donald H. Lambert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampung Pesagi, Pahang, Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Box, accession number 18-1073, described as Tray: rubber coagulating tray. Rectangular tin box without lid. Used to coagulate latex from “Hevea.” Latex poured in and mixed with coagulating agent such as acetic acid, when processing rubber. The tins are made by men, bought from merchants. Use by men and women. This size tray makes a rubber sheet having a dry weight of 8 to 10.5 pounds, many farmers now use an entire instead of a half tin to process larger sheets. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 42 cents). Length 34 cm. Width 24 cm. Height 11.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Box, accession number 18-1073, described as Tray: rubber coagulating tray. Rectangular tin box without lid. Used to coagulate latex from “Hevea.” Latex poured in and mixed with coagulating agent such as acetic acid, when processing rubber. The tins are made by men, bought from merchants. Use by men and women. This size tray makes a rubber sheet having a dry weight of 8 to 10.5 pounds, many farmers now use an entire instead of a half tin to process larger sheets. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 42 cents). Length 34 cm. Width 24 cm. Height 11.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Box, accession number 18-1073, described as Tray: rubber coagulating tray. Rectangular tin box without lid. Used to coagulate latex from “Hevea.” Latex poured in and mixed with coagulating agent such as acetic acid, when processing rubber. The tins are made by men, bought from merchants. Use by men and women. This size tray makes a rubber sheet having a dry weight of 8 to 10.5 pounds, many farmers now use an entire instead of a half tin to process larger sheets. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 42 cents). Length 34 cm. Width 24 cm. Height 11.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 18-1073, described as Tray: rubber coagulating tray. Rectangular tin box without lid. Used to coagulate latex from “Hevea.” Latex poured in and mixed with coagulating agent such as acetic acid, when processing rubber. The tins are made by men, bought from merchants. Use by men and women. This size tray makes a rubber sheet having a dry weight of 8 to 10.5 pounds, many farmers now use an entire instead of a half tin to process larger sheets. (Cost in U.S. dollars: 42 cents). Length 34 cm. Width 24 cm. Height 11.7 cm.

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