114637 Catalog Card

Copyright

(c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0

Title 114637 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-60 | Country: Luzon Isld., Philippine Islands. | Locality: Cagayan River. Dumabatu. | People: Ilongot. Stock. | Name: Knife and sheath (itan). Iron blade and handle. Flat, curved edge bladetapering to handle. Handle bound with brass strips, wire and rattan. Thin brass disk hand guard. Sheath of two thin flat pieces of light wood, partly covered with bark and strips of rattan. Curved, flaring end. Cordage waist string. | Collection: R.F. Cummings Expedition,(Wm. Jones, Collector 1908=09). | Notes: (over). | Width: | Length: 44 cm | Height: | Price: |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 114637 / 1-2 | ENT | 1 | Acc. 1096 |[ILLUSTRATION] |[ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] |[BACK] Probably made at Kagadyanan or Pagin. Heel of blade notched slightly with file. Sheath of wood called betak; tail braced on each side with biyan reed; body wrapped with bark cloth and bejuca. |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 1 | 1 - 114637 Catalog Card, [0.16 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Theodore Davies : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology