34469 Catalog Card

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Title 34469 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Columbian Museum. | ENT | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-60 | Country: Philippine Islands | Locality: Sulu Archipelago. | People: Moro? Stock. | Name: "Barong" and sheath. Flat, wide, thick, single edged oval blade banned. hard wood handlewith wide silver hand. Flat tapering sheath. ends carved. over | Collection: E.E. Ayer | Notes: | Price: |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 34469 / 1-2 | Acc. 980 |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] |[BACK] These knives differ from the ordinary arongs in having beveled edges. The entire weapon including the sheath is the work of native artisans. The silver used in the ferrule is secured from coins. |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 34469 Catalog Card, [0.132 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Theodore Davies : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology