38957 Catalog Card
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| Title | 38957 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Columbian Museum. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-58 | Country: Philippine Islands | People: Moro | Locality: Mindanao | Name: Canon [sic] (Lanutaka) [sic] of bronze with bindings of rattan. Wooden spine. 45" long. | Collection: Major RalphS. Porter. Surgeon U.s. Vol. | Where Placed: | Notes: Made by Moros of Borneo & used by Moros of Mindanao. |[LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | No 38957 | 34 | Acc. 776 |[BACK] These bronze cannon were captured from the strong-holds of petty datos. They are said to have been secured from the natives of North Borneo, with whom constant trade is kept up. It is certain that upon the arrival of the Spaniards the Moros understood the casting of thesecannon, and the manufacature of powder, but it is uncertain whether they secured their knowledge from the people of Borneo or from the Chinese. | |
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| Summary | 38957 | 776 - 38957 Catalog Card, [0.306 MB], (application/pdf) |
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