message
- Museum number
- As1888,0915.2.a-b
- Description
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Threatening message (in form of inscribed bamboo tube), being an explanation of message no.1 in collection.
- Production date
- 19thC (early) (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 29.50 centimetres (part a)
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Height: 29.20 centimetres (part b)
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Weight: 95 grammes (part a)
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Weight: 45 grammes (part b)
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Width: 7.70 centimetres (part a)
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Width: 4.50 centimetres (part b)
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Depth: 3.60 centimetres (part a)
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Depth: 1.20 centimetres (part b)
- Curator's comments
- See also As1888,0915.01
Register says:
Sumatra, Battas.
Piece of bamboo, engraved with twelve lines of Batta writing.
This is stated to be an explanation of the threatening message symbolized in the previous number (88. 9-15.1)
This was hung up outside the house of the recipient of the message.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Broken in 2 pieces.
- Acquisition date
- 1888
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1888,0915.2.a-b
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: As1972,Q.1378