34505 Catalog Card
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| Title | 34505 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT] [MAIN BODY]Field Columbian Museum. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-21 | Country: Philippine Islands. | Locality: Probably Lake Lanao. | People: Moro. | Stock. | Name: Two crescent brass boxes. Hinged lids tops of which and one side of box inlaid. Each contains twoinlaid lid compartments and one with lid. Cordage passes thro metal loops at ends. over. | Collection: E.E. Ayer | Notes: | Price: |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 34505 / 1-2 | ENT | Neg. Alb. P. 492 | Acc. 982 |[ILLUSTRATION] |[ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] |[BACK] These two crescent shaped boxes are used to contain the articles used when chewing betel nut. The concave side of the box fits against the hip, while the box is supported by a cord or sash which passes around the waist. The metal is brass, but the tops of both boxesand inner covers are inlaid silver. | [1 photograph] | |
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| Summary | 34505 | 982 - 34505 Catalog Card, [0.308 MB], (application/pdf) |
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