tool; handle: wood (empayan); iron nail (to keep blade from flying); blade: steel, L-shaped. number of splits in the handle. Context of use: Tool for clearing and turning soil on rice land, clearing rice nurseries and padi fields. Used like a golf club swung too low. Used at planting time. Any stout wood suitable for handle. Blade obtained from Chinese blacksmiths. Used by men and women.
Donor:
Donald H. Lambert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampung Pesagi, Pahang, Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1980-1981 #64: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Donald H. Lambert (April 22, 1981–April 22, 1981)