Malaysia
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of 118 objects associated with Malaysia which date from between 1877 and 2001. This collection predominantly consists of weapons such as blowpipes, quivers, poisoned darts, daggers, swords and spears. The tribal Sakai people of the Central Cameron Highlands in Perak State are represented by such weaponry, as well as by a seed necklace and barkcloth. The largest donation of Sakai material came from the Glasgow-born British Government Official NR Crum-Ewing in 1907. Other items in the collection include costume, body ornaments, contemporary charms, books and ritual equipment. Most of the material originates from the Malay Peninsula although some is provenanced more specifically to Terengganu, Johore and the islands of Penang and Labuan, such as a complete costume from the 1940s worn by the people of Johore State and donated by James MacDonald. The most recent acquisition in 2001 was a small collection of charms and amulets from Eurasian Singapore. Malaysia is made up of 13 states and three federal territories and is divided by the South China Sea into two distinct regions of Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo. Malaysia was home to several British colonies established in the late 1700s and did not become a unified state until the dissolution of British Malaya in 1946.
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