staff;
time-beater
- Museum number
- As1905,-.658
- Description
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Staff (used to beat time when singing) made of bamboo, wood, beads, feathers (pheasant).
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 144.80 centimetres
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Weight: 185 grammes
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Width: 10.40 centimetres
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Depth: 4.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- A staff ('buloh kechut') used by a bard ('lemambang') when reciting a ritual chant ('pengap') to emphasize each line in the verse. Dye is dragons blood (Daemonorops spp). (Michael Heppell 2014).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1905
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1905,-.658
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1905C3.658 (old CDMS no.)
