34660 Catalog Card

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Title 34660 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Columbian Museum. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-60 | Country: Philippines | Locality: Mindanao Isld | People: Moro. Stock. | Name: Sword & sheath.Scimitar-like blade. Handle of carabao horn. Lower end bound with engraved brass band. Longnarrow curved projection at end. Sheath of 2 flat pieces of wood. one side curved near top. [reference symbol] Over. | Collection: E.E. Ayer. | Notes: [reference symbol] plaited cordage fastening string passes this curving. Sword 70 cm long. | Price: |[LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 34660 | 1-2 | NEG.ALB.P.484 | Acc. 1000 |[BACK] These scimitar-like knives, with blades widening from the handle to a slanting point, are used solely as weapons. They are kept in light wooden sheaths through which the blades will easily pass if time does not permit of drawing the blades. | [1 photograph] |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 34660 | 1000 - 34660 Catalog Card, [0.148 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Theodore Davies : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Trinity Medellin : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology