container;
needle-case;
pin-case
- Museum number
- As1905,-.561
- Description
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Tube, container (for pins and needles) made of bamboo.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.60 centimetres
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Length: 46.30 centimetres
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Weight: 49 grammes
- Curator's comments
- An Iban bungkan which is a container for small objects like Jews harps, love charms, needles etc. The main design is tangkai marau (a length of a thick kind of rattan). (Michael Heppell 2014).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1905
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1905,-.561
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1905C3.561 (old CDMS no.)