41566 Catalog Card
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| Title | 41566 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History-Ethnology. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34/60 | Provenience: Philippines | People or Culture: Dusun or Murut | Object: Parang / sword and sheath. | Material: Steel, bone, rattan braid, wood, bristles. | Description: A. Sword,convex cutting edge, concave back, truncated distal end 5.5 cm W, tapering to 2 cm W at handle. Three ridges toward back, floral design 8 cm L on both sides of blade, near handle. Ornamental loops at distal end and cutting edge 10 cm from handle. Handle has nut(?) ring atbase with five small white beads imbedded followed by 5 cm of rattan braid, and then a carved bone pommel tapering 7 cm to a blunt piont with bristles at point and proximal end. (see over) | Dimensions (in cm.): Sword: 69 L. Sheath: 56 L, 6 W. | Collection: Gift of:Swanson, David G. June 28, 1978 | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 41566 / A and B | ENT | Field No. | Neg. No. 206 | Acc. 3380 |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] B. Sheath of wood with 5 woven rattan bands (two missing - total: 7) with 7 cm wide band between last two proximal narrow bands, 23 cm woven loop ending in 30 cm extension toward distal end. Sheath curved to fit sword. | [2 photographs] | |
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| Summary | 20 - 41566 Catalog Card, [0.192 MB], (application/pdf) |
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