34477 Catalog Card

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Title 34477 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-21 | Country: Philippine Islands. | Locality: Western Mindanao. | People: Moro* Stock. | Name: Brass vessel, bulging sides, Carved ornamentation. Shallow basin-like lid, telescopic. |Collection: E. E. Ayer. | Notes: Probably imported from Singapore. Upper tray for betel nuts, lower urn used as cuspidor. | Price: |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 34477 | 1-2 | ENT | NEG. ALB. P.492 | Acc. 980 |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] The metal used in this specimen is an alloyed brass, probably of foreign origin although such urns are sometimes made by the natives. During festivals such dishes are used, the upper tray for betal nuts and the urn as a cuspidor. [1 photograph] |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 492 - 34477 Catalog Card, [0.305 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Cassie Pontone : Field Museum of Natural History