129301 Catalog Card

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Title 129301 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card [FRONT][MAIN BODY] Filed Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum subject code written in red] 34-54 | Country Philippine Islands. | Locality Davao Gulf, Mindanao. | People Bagobo. | Stock. | Name Bracelet maker's outfit. See full description under same head. notes on Industries.Parts are called :- Knife-life hammer - bontok; iron anvil - dalidayan -; anvil frame - gonayan -; | Collection R.F. Cummings Philippine Expedition, 1909=1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes Unfinished wire - lingal -; incised wire - bade -; See over for dies. | Width |Length | Height | Price ₱ 2.50 + T. |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 129301 | 1-10 | ENT | (961) | Acc. 1139 |[BACK] Dies | No 1 round end - metatp?ni | ì 2 - dalide | ì 3 - batek | ì 4 - dlaide kamil, generally used for incising brass handles for bolos. | The pyramided wooden block is used in shaping the bracelets. | Brass wire secured in trade is made into bracelets in thefollowing manner. A role of the wire is heated in order to soften it. It is then suspaded with one end resting on the anvil, and is decorated with various designs put in with metal dies. |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 961 - 129301 Catalog Card, [0.342 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Cassie Pontone : Field Museum of Natural History
  • Aislinn Sanders : University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Department of Anthropology