Wedding Ornament (Buyaq Gum?)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1987 - 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
notes: label: Notes
content: GREEN, PURPLE, AND UNDYED PIECES OF PANDANUS LEAF IN PLAITED BASKETRY WORK SURROUNDING A CENTRAL WOODEN STICK. BASKETRY WORK CONSISTS OF SEVERAL LOOPS ALONG STICKS LENGTH W/ 2 MEDALLION SHAPES AT 1 END. AT BASE OF MEDALLIONS A PIECE OF PINK PLASTIC IS TIED. ALONG CENTER OF STICK, ATTACHED BY A PIECE OF WIRE, IS A FLOWER MADE FROM GREEN AND UNDYED PANDANUS LEAF. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) OBJECT IS "GIVEN TO GUESTS AT WEDDINGS, FLOWER ORNAMENT ON THE SIDE USUALLY CONTAINS AN EGG. BELL SHAPED PART IS CALLED PLE BNGKAL (A KIND OF FRUIT), LOTS OF FLOWER AND FRUIT SYMBOLISM. MADE FOR WEDDING." MADE BY JANGI IN AUGUST 1987AND COLLECTED ON AUGUST 20, 1987. SEE GIANNO 1986A AND 1986B IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kg. Sangai Judah, Pulau Carey, Selangor, Malaysia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mak Meri (Besisi) (Orang Asli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 385313
label: USNM Number
content: E428813-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.5 cm