109913 Catalog Card
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| Title | 109913 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-51 | Country: Cuyo, P.I. | Locality: Cuyo. | People: Cuyanos. Stock. | Name: Tugda. Rice planter same as 109911. | Collection: R.F. Cummings Expedition, (F.C. Cole, 1907-8). | Notes: | Width: |Length: | Height: | Price: [Philippine peso symbol] 1.00 /.. |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 109913 | ENT | | Acc. 1060 | L |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] These rice planters are used in place of plows. During the latter part of the dry season the rice land is cleaned of vegetation with knives, then after the first rains the people gather in parties of 10 to 50 to plant the rice. The men, each of whom is equipped with atugda, work in a line. The instrument is raised a few inches above the ground and is propelled downward. The force of the fall causes the point to enter the ground to a depth of about one inch. The rebound occasioned by the spring in the curved lower end causes the implementto jump upward, to clear itself of the hole made, to throw the dirt aside, and to move forward to make a new hole. The top of the tugda is split so that it will clatter when the instrument strikes the ground, thus cheering the people at their task. The women follow and dropthe seed rice into the holes, and the children drag branches of trees over the field to brush the loose dirt over the seeds, thus completing the planting. | |
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| Summary | 109913 Catalog Card, [0.445 MB], (application/pdf) |
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