34640 Catalog Card

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Title 34640 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Columbian Museum. | ENT | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-60 | Country: Philippines | Locality: Mindanao Isld. - Zamboanga Dist. | People: Moro. Stock. | Name: Barong and sheath. Elliptical blade. Hard wood handle, lower half bound with wideband of silver, covered with cordage, upper end slightly curved. 1 [piece] of twisted cotton cloth attached to handle. Sheath of 2 flat pieces of wood. Rattan and cordage wrapping. over. | Collection: E.E. Ayer | Notes: Length of barong 58 cm.| Price: |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 34640 / 1-2 | Neg. Alb. p.434 | Acc. 1000 |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] |[BACK] Weapons for use in close combat. Each knife is the work of a native smith whose conveniences for working steel are of the simpliest [sic]. Silver coins are furnishing the metal from which the ferrules are made. [1 photograph] |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 434 - 34640 Catalog Card, [0.142 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Theodore Davies : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology