cup: ceramic rubber tapping cup. ochre color, edges caked with black latex. Diameter of top, 10 cm. 7 cm. high.
Donor:
Donald H. Lambert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampung Pesagi, Pahang, Malaysia
Verbatim coll. place:
Malaysia, Pahang, Kampong Pesagi, Pahang Malay
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Collector:
Donald H. Lambert
Collection date:
February 1977
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Context of use:
Used to collect latex dripping from rubber tree. Placed below spout on a cup holder or on ground. Of Chinese manufacture and available in towns. Several kinds of cups are available on the market made of plastic and glass. This specimen is the smallest size, large cups are about four times as large. Cost in U.S. $: .05.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 10 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Loans:
S1980-1981 #64: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Donald H. Lambert (April 22, 1981–April 22, 1981)