34472 Catalog Card

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Title 34472 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: "Kriss" and scabbard. Straight wide, double edged blade. carved hilt. Cordage wrappedhandle, end of which is orna=mented with long piece of carved ivory. Scabbard wrapped. over. | Collection: E.E. Ayer | Notes: [continuted from Name] with bands of split rattan and cordage. | Price: |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 34472 / 1-2 | Acc. 980 |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] |[BACK] The straight Kris is a double-edged sword which is used both for cutting and thrusting. The ivory used in the handle of this weapon was secured from Borneo. |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 34472 Catalog Card, [0.132 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Theodore Davies : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology