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Names

Name PrimarySultan of Johore Jubilee Exhibition Collection

IDs

ID LocalSAMA 1

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionExhibits at the 1887 Queen's Jubilee Exhibition in Adelaide, donated to the South Australian Museum. c. 130 objects of Malay origin, including models of watercraft, houses, a loom and a bed. Tools, domestic items, hunting and fishing equipment, weapons, musical instruments, betel (areca) nut chewing equipment, clothing, shoes, hats ands natural products.

NoteResearched in 1997 by (Dr) Gordon Copland, then a graduate student at Flinders University of South Australia. Most of the collection has been photographed and part was exhibited in conjunction with some of the SA Museum's Fiji collections in the context of 'A Restless Life', an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Adolph Gustav Plate (1874-1914) hosted by the Flinders University City Gallery during Nov 1997-Jan 1998.

Subjects

pontAnthropological specimens; Clothing; Domestic equipment; Fishing equipment; Footwear; Headwear; Hunting and gathering tools; Models; Musical instruments; Tools; Weapons

scotArtefacts; Body adornments and alterations; Exhibits; Fishing; Hunting; Indigenous peoples; Musical instruments; Water transport

localEthnographic; Malaya; Queen's Jubilee Exhibition; Sultan of Johore

aptEthnology; Household objects; Indigenous artefacts

person_orgSultan of Johore

Coverage Spatial

TextMalaya

Coverage Temporal

From1881

To1892

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 17:37