129599 Catalog Card
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| Title | 129599 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: South Central Mindanao. | People: Bila-an. Stock. | Name: Gofkafel:- Brass betel- nut box with fan shaped top with cast designs. Moro manufacturebut used by Bilaans to contain betel nut, leaves, and lime. (over) | Collection: R.F. Cummings Expedition, 1909-1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes: | Width: | Length: | Height: | Price: [Philippine peso symbol] 2.40 /.. |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 129599 | ENT | (1724) | Acc. ["1115" crossed out ] 1139 | L |[ILLUSTRATION] [1 hand drawing] |[ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] Detail of top. |[BACK] Brass boxes are used to hold the betel nuts, lime, and leaves used by betel chewers. The betel nut is split into quarters, is wrapped in a leaf and lime is added to the whole after which it is chewed. The habit is universal in this district, and many of these boxesare seen in use. They are not of native make but are secured in trade with the neighboring Moro and Bagobo. | |
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| Summary | 1724 - 129599 Catalog Card, [0.3 MB], (application/pdf) |
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