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Enquiry about object: 5909
Cast Brass Shadow Puppet (Wayang) Theatre Lamp (Blencong)
Central or East Java, Indonesia late 18th-19th century
height: 54.5cm, depth: 42cm, width: 56.5cm
Provenance
private collection, Southern England
Enquiry about object: 5914
Rare Malay-Riau Chased Pedestal Bowl with Wayang Figures & Hearts
Riau, Indonesia early 20th century
height: 15.3cm, diameter: 19.4cm,weight: 250g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5816
Dayak Etched Bamboo Container
Iban (Dayak) People, Borneo, Sarawak, probably the Skrang River region, Malaysia 19th-early 20th century
length: 34cm, diameter: 5.5cm
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of 'Betel Cutters. from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection' (Thames & Hudson, 1992); acquired from Christie's South Kensington in 2010; in the collection of Trevor Barton prior to that.
Enquiry about object: 5749
Pair of Dayak Brass Humanoid Ear Pendants
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia early 20th century
lengths: 9cm, combined weight: 108g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5989
Chased & Repoussed Burmese Silver Bowl (Thabeik)
Burma late 19th century
diameter: 23cm, height: 15.2cm, weight: 1,303g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5992
Burmese Bronze Noodle Maker
Burma 19th century
height: 16.6cm, width: 27cm, weight: 2,907g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5895
Cambodian Silver Naga Finial
Cambodia early 20th century
height (without stand or rod): 19.5cm, height (with stand): 24.6cm, weight (without stand): 151g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 6014
Small Chased & Repoussed Burmese Silver Bowl
Burma late 19th century
height: 8cm, diameter: 8.3cm, weight: 140g
Provenance
private collection, England
Enquiry about object: 5962
Rare Dayak Brass Hornbill Bird-Shaped Betel Box with Inlaid Eyes
Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia 19th century
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of 'Betel Cutters. from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection' (Thames & Hudson, 1992).
Enquiry about object: 3642
Malay Carved Wooden Box inset with Bone
Malay People, Malay Peninsula early 20th century
length: 23cm, height: 9cm, depth: 13.4cm
Provenance
from the estate of an English administrator who served in Malaya in the 1920s, thence by descent.
Enquiry about object: 5152
Burmese Promotional Watercolour of Mandalay’s Pointing Buddha, for the Rangoon Medical Hall
Burma early 20th century or earlier
65cm x 50cm (without frame)
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5314
Malay Woman’s Purse of Embroidered Teket Panels
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia circa 1920
length: 14.5cm, height: 9.5cm
Provenance
from the estate of an English colonial administrator who was based in Malaya in the 1920s, thence by descent
Enquiry about object: 5316
Finely Embroidered Straits Chinese Silk Wedding Valance
Straits Chinese, Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang, Malacca) circa 1900
width: 95cm, length; 58cm
Provenance
Acquired by a colonial administrator in the early 20th century, and has been in England since.
Enquiry about object: 5415
Sumatran Minangkabau-Acehnese Wooden Shield with Brass Mounts (Peurise)
West Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
diameter: 24cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5483
Malay Princely Quail Trap (Jebak Puyuh)
Malay People, Malaysia, probably Terengganu early to mid-20th century
length: 30.8cm, height: 31cm, depth: 26cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5322
Straits Chinese Groom’s Double-Sided, Finely Embroidered Blue Wedding Sash
Straits Chinese, Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang, Malacca) late 19th or early 20th century
length: 197cm, width: 6.5cm
Provenance
Acquired by a colonial administrator in the early 20th century, and has been in England since.
Enquiry about object: 5319
Finely Embroidered Straits Chinese Silk Wedding Valance
Straits Chinese, Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang, Malacca) circa 1900
wdith: 175cm, length (including tassel hangings): 103cm
Provenance
Acquired by a colonial administrator in the early 20th century, and has been in England since.
Enquiry about object: 5885
Two Timorese Beaded Lime Containers
Atoni or Dawan people of West Timor, Indonesia early 20th century
lengths (without tassels): 10.5cm
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of a book on the betel cutters in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection
Enquiry about object: 5889
Karo Batak Etched Bamboo Lime Container (Tagan)
Karo Batak People, North Sumatra, Indonesia circa 1900
height: 20.5cm, diameter: 7.6cm
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Henry Browrigg, author of a book on the betel cutters in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection
Enquiry about object: 5905
Straits Chinese Gilded & Lacquered Carved Wooden Offering Stand & Box & Pewter Tray (Chanab)
Used by the Straits Chinese (Babas/Nonyas) of the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca & Singapore & also the Peranakan Chinese of Indonesia. Possibly made in Southern China for this export market. circa 1900
height: 40cm, length: 35.6cm, width: 11.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5908
Peranakan Lady’s Beaded Purse
Peranakan People, Straits Settlements or West Sumatra, Indonesia circa 1920
width when opened out: 14.5cm, length: 10cm
Provenance
private collection, England
Enquiry about object: 5708
Malay Earthenware Water Flask with Silver Mounts (Labu Ayer)
Malay People, Perak, Malay Peninsula late 19th or early 20th century
height: 30cm, diameter: 18cm, weight: 1,056g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5728
Naga Man’s Cane Hat
Kalyo-Kengyu Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma, circa 1910 circa 1910
height: 25.5cm, diameter at widest point: 20cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; reputedly obtained by a family member just after WWI during skirmishes with the Naga tribesmen in Bangladesh and Burma.
Enquiry about object: 5729
Fine, Naga Man’s Boar Tusk Necklace with Shell & Carnelians
Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma circa 1910
approximate width: 19cm, weight: 231g
Provenance
private collection, UK; reputedly obtained by a family member just after WWI during skirmishes with the Naga tribesmen in Bangladesh and Burma.
Enquiry about object: 5157
Acehnese Bride’s Silver & Suasa Gold Hair Ornament (Leleyang Cemera)
Gayo-Alas People, central Aceh, North Sumatra, Indonesia 19th-early 20th century
height: 15cm, width: 12cm, weight: 89g
Provenance
private collection, France
Enquiry about object: 5281
Miao Silver Earrings
Miao (Hmong) & Lahu People, Southern China & Burma, northern Vietnam, Laos and northern Thailand early 20th century
length: 8cm, combined weight: 52.76g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5836
Six Matched Thai Niello Silver & Gilt Bowls with Royal Insignia
Thailand circa 1920
diameter of each bowl: 13cm, height: 6.4cm, combined weight of all six bowls: 1,251g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5883
Unusual, Ceremonial Twelve-Sided Lacquer Pedestal Dish (Talum) inlaid with Glass & Mother-of-Pearl
Thailand 19th century
width: 28cm, height: 12.5cm
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, London.
Enquiry about object: 5810
Glass Beaded Wedding Slippers (Kasut Manek)
Straits Chinese Community, Singapore, Malacca or Penang circa 1920
length: 25cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5739
Burmese Finely-Cast Bronze Temple Bell & Bracket
Burma circa 1850
height: 38cm, diameter at base: 19cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2717
Early Malay Kris Perkaka with Ivory Hilt
Northern Malay Peninsula 16th century & later
length: 46cm, weight: 272g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4819
Fine Karo Batak Piso Andar Andar Sword with Gold Suasa & Silver Mounts
West Karo Batak People, North Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 55.5cm, weight: 396g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 2718
Early Madurese Kris with Marine Ivory Hilt & Gold Mendak
Madura, Indonesia 17th century & later
length: 46cm, weight: 277g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4818
Sulawesi Badek with Engraved Silver Mounts
Sulawesi, Indonesia early 20th century
length: 28.5cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 3244
Silver-Mounted Sewar Dagger, Sumatra, Indonesia, 19th century
Malay people, Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 33cm, weight: 178g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4922
Malay Kris Panjang with Chased Silver Mounts & Pierced Hilt
Malay Peninsula 18th-19th century
length: 42.5cm,weight: 443g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5365
Fine Malay Kris with Carved Hilt & Inscribed Silver Mounted Scabbard
Malay Peninsula 19th century
length: 45cm, weight: 336g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5800
Rare Dayak Bracelet of Hornbill Casque (Beak)
Dayak People, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia circa 1900
internal diameter: 7.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5755
Fine Pair of Heavy Dayak Brass Ear Ornaments
Dayak People, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia late 19th-early 20th century
typical diameter of rings: 7.5cm-8cm; combined weight: 988g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5554
Pair of Dayak Aso-shaped Brass Ear Ornaments
Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia 19th century
width: 3.8cm, height: 4cm, thickness: 2.1cm, combined weight: 124g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5744
Two Javanese Carved Coconut Dishes with Silver Mounts
Java, Indonesia circa 1920
diameter: 7.7cm, height: 4cm, combined weight: 131g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3909
Ifugao Carved Wooden Ritual Bowl with Handle (Duyu)
Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th century
length: 31cm, width: 20.5cm, height: 8cm
Provenance
private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 5489
Rare Arakan Burmese Lacquer Chest
Rakhine (Arakan) State, Western Burma circa 1870
length: 42cm, width: 24cm, height: 28cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3872
Silver Philippines’ (Dinumug Linglingo) Pendant
Bontoc or Kalinga People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th-early 20th century
height: 2.1cm, weight: 9g
Provenance
private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 5549
Spanish Colonial Woven Cane & Silver Hat (Salakot)
Luzon, Philippines 19th century
diameter at widest point: 31cm, height: 17.5cm
Provenance
US art market
Enquiry about object: 5493
Rare Set of Javanese Merchant’s Double Doors with Javanese Inscription
Java, Indonesia late 19th century
heights: 183cm, widths: 74cm & 76cm (incl. shared moulding)
Provenance
London art market
Enquiry about object: 5703
Four Burmese Carved Wooden Standing Disciple-Monks
Burma late 19th-early 20th century
heights: ranging from 93cm (102cm with stand) to 125cm (134cm with stand); depth of each stand: 24cm, widths: 27cm
Provenance
private collection, UK. Possibly brought back to the UK around 1920.
Enquiry about object: 5009
Burmese Lacquered Food Offering Vessel (Ok-Kwet)
Burma early to mid-20th century
height: 35cm, diameter: 36cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5310
Malay Kelingkan Shawl (Kain Selendang)
Malay People, Malaysia early 20th century
149cm x 66cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5548
Rare Vietnamese Silver Cup, Lid & Saucer
Vietnam circa 1850
height of set: 10cm, diameter of saucer: 12.4cm, overall weight: 249g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5517
Pair of Malay Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia 19th century
approx. width of the embroidered section of each: 19cm, height: 12.4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5306
Unusual Pair of Malay Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia circa 1920
approx. length of embroidered area of each: 24cm, height: 8cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5518
Pair of Malay Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia 19th century
approx. length of embroidered section of each: 21.3cm, height: 14.8cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5354
Malay Woven Silk Textile (Kain Tenun)
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
182cm x 117cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5352
Two Malay Cotton Woven Textiles (Kain Tenun)
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
both about 226cm x 102cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5359
Malay Gold Thread & Cotton Woven Textile (Kain Tenun)
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
198cm x 102cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5347
Malay Cotton Woven Textile (Kain Tenun) Sarong
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
87cm x 114cm (if not folded: 87cm x 228cm)
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5350
Malay Cotton Woven Textile (Kain Tenun)
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
228cm x 107cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5357
Malay Cotton Woven Textile (Kain Tenun)
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
114cm x 101cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5358
Malay Woven Cotton Textile (Kain Tenun)
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
198cm x 112cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5351
Malay Woven Cotton Textile (Kain Tenun)
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
186cm x 105cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 4689
Three Thai Terracotta Votive Plaques
Ayutthaya, Thailand 16th-18th century
heights: 8.5cm, widths: 5.4cm-5.7cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5356
Malay Woven Silk Textile (Kain Tenun)
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
186cm x 104cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5355
Malay Woven Silk Textile (Kain Tenun)
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
81cm x 186cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5449
Multiple-Strand Red Glass Bead Naga Necklace
Naga People, India/Burma circa 1900
total length (circumference as worn): 75cm
Provenance
UK art market; most likely, the necklace has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Enquiry about object: 5313
Kelantan Royal Coat of Arms Gold Embroidered Tekat Panel
Malay People, Kelantan, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia circa 1920
Textile: 24cm x 24cm; approx. size of embroidered section: 12.5cm x 11.5cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5348
Malay Jacket (Baju Melayu) of Striped Kain Tenum
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, probably Johor, Malaysia circa 1900
width from arm to arm: 155cm, length: 71cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5533
Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length: 17.7cm, height: 7.1cm, depth: 12.3cm, weight: 975g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5563
Burmese Pierced & Chased Silver Betel Box & Stand
Burma circa 1870
height: 24.5cm, diameter: 24.5cm, weight: 884g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5203
Outstanding Naga Bead & Shell Necklace
Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma 19th century
length: approx. 90cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4864
Bontoc Clam Shell Bead & Glass Bead Necklace
Bontoc People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th-20th century
weight: 169g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4823
Fine, West Java Woven Betel Container
Singaparna region, West Java, Indonesia late 19th century-early 20th century
height: 13.5cm, diameter: 12cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5204
Fine Naga Trade Bead, Shell & Bone Necklace or Girdle
Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma 19th century
length: 75cm, width: 12.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3588
Small Malay Sewar Dagger with Hippopotamus Ivory Mounts
Malay People, Sumatra or Malay Peninsula 19th century
length: 19cm, weight: 49cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 3792
Malay Sewar Dagger with Fine Silver Mounts
Malay People, Sumatra or Malay Peninsula 19th century
length: 36cm, weight: 326g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5417
Jambupati Buddha Gilded Bronze Seated Ava Buddha
Burma Late Ava Period, 17th century
height: 47.5cm, width: 25.5cm, depth: 16.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; almost certainly has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Enquiry about object: 5444
Thai or Cambodian Repoussed Silver Bowl
Thailand or Cambodia 19th-early 20th century
diameter: 22.3cm, height: 12.5cm, weight: 596g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4679
Tall, Thai Standing Gilded Bronze Buddha
Thailand Rattanakosin Period, 19th century
height: 64.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3910
Bontoc Wood, Rattan & Pig Tusk Armband (Baningal or Abkil)
Bontoc or Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th–early 20th century
diameter: 10.2cm, height: 6cm
Provenance
private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 5406
Three Burmese Silver & Ivory Mounts Betel Knives
Shan People, Eastern Burma 19th and early 20th centuries
lengths: 11.8cm, 17.2cm and 23.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4735
Pair of Malay Carved Wooden Clogs
Malay People, Malaysia or Singapore 1800-1850
length: 25cm, width: 9cm, heights: 11.2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3933
Dayak Man’s Ear Ornament (Sabau) of Carved Hornbill Casque (Beak)
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia 19th-early 20th century
height: 4.6cm, length: 10cm, width: 4.2cm, weight: 26.36g
Provenance
Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.
Enquiry about object: 5205
Unusually Large, Multiple-Strand Naga Blue Glass Bead Necklace
Naga People, India/Burma circa 1900
length: 70cm, weight: 724g
Provenance
UK art market; undoubtedly, the necklace has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Enquiry about object: 4572
Batavian Colonial Silver Filigree Tray or Platter
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia; and possibly India 17th-18th century
length: 42.7cm, width: 24.5cm, height: 3.7cm, weight: 957g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5507
Fine Indian Mughal Gold & Gem-Set White Nephrite Jade Pendant (Haldili)
North India 18th-19th century
length: 4.6cm, height: 3.5cm, weight: 17.47g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5361
Rare Javanese Cast Bronze Image of Twelve-Armed Chunda
Java, Indonesia, Classical Period Classical Period, 9th century
height: 10.4cm, width: 7.2cm, weight: 549g
Provenance
Private collection, London, UK
Enquiry about object: 5364
Early Javanese Unusually Large Cast Bronze Buddha
Java or Sumatra, Indonesia Classical Period, 8th century
height (without stand): 21.9cm, width: 17.1cm, depth: 11.8cm, weight: 2,576g
Provenance
Private Collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5363
Javanese Cast Silver Image of Shiva with Bronze Yoni Base
Java, Indonesia Classical Period, 9th century
height of Shiva: 8.3cm, ensemble height (with stand): 11.6cm, weight of Shiva: 146g
Provenance
Private Collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5362
Srivajaya Cast Bronze Image of Four-Armed Kubera
Palembang region, Sumatra, Indonesia 8th-9th century
height (without stand): 12.2cm, height (with stand): 15cm, weight (without stand): 757g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4416
Kendi with Green-Glazed Chinese Earthenware & Engraved Brass Mounts
Java, Indonesia 19th century
height: 21cm, width 24cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4674
Unusual, Fine, Inscribed Burmese Brass Seated Buddha
Shan People, Eastern Burma 18th century
height: 35.2cm, with: 17.2cm, depth: 7.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5239
Chinese Lacquered, Carved Wooden Image Possibly of Pi Lu Zhe Nafo (Vairocana)
Malaya or China circa 1900
height: 28cm, width: 13cm, depth: 12.2cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Enquiry about object: 5056
Gilded Cast Bronze Effigy of a Soldier, Relic from Shweibawgyn Pagoda
Shwebo, Burma circa 1760
height: 7cm, weight: 142g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4692
Rare Thai Terracotta Dish decorated with Black Crow Pattern
Kalong, Northern Thailand 14th-15th century
diameter: 19.7cm, height: 3.8cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4693
Thai Terracotta Ribbed Jar with Brown Glaze
North-Eastern Thailand 14th-15th century
diameter: 20cm, height: 18.3cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4683
Large Terracotta Makara & Naga Stair-Head or Roof Tile Finial
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 51cm, length: 26cm, width: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4684
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 32cm, length: 18cm, width: width: 15.4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4686
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 30.5cm, length: 28cm, width: 17cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4688
Terracotta Buddha Votive Plaque
Burma probably Pagan period, 12th century
height: 11.6cm, width: 8.3cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4590
Gilded Cast Bronze Ava-Style Buddha
Shan People, Eastern Burma 17th century
height: 30.8cm, width: 15cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.