108020 Catalog Card
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| Title | 108020 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | ENT | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-21 | Country: Mindanao P.I. | Locality: Lake Lanao. | People: Lanao Moro. Stock. | Name: Rectangular brass box. Sides and cover handes [ crossed out "des"] raised design. Bottom wornthrough in several places. | Collection: R.F. Cummings Expedition, (F.C. Cole, 1907-8). | Notes: | Width: 5" | Length: 9" | Height: 3" | Price: Exchange.[LEFT MARGIN] A | 108020 | Acc. 1060 |[ILLUSTRATION] | [1 hand drawing ] [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] | used to contain [be] materials for betel nut chewing. The betel (areca) nut is [ plit ] into quarters and a piece is laid on a buyo ( piper betel L.) leaf, which is thinly spread with lime. A little tobacco is sometimes added and the whole is chewed. It has apungent astringent taste, colors the saliva red, and finally discolors the teeth. |
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| Summary | 108020 | 1060 - 108020 Catalog Card, [0.289 MB], (application/pdf) |
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