128295 Catalog Card

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Title 128295 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-40 | Country: Philippine Islands. | Locality: North Central Mindanao. | People: Bukidnon. Stock. | Name: Kalau?t :- Long hunting spear with detachable head. Is attached to shaft withcords. When thrust into animal, the head pulls out and the shaft impedes the progress of the animal. (over) | Collection: R.F. Cummings Philippine Expedition, 1909=1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes: Such spears are often used when hunting pig from horseback. Head of naturemanufacture. | Width: | Length: | Height: | Price: ?1.00.. | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 128295 | ENT | (305) | Acc. 1115 | [Cursive capital L.] | [BACK] The hunters who are usually mounted, charge the game and attempt to sink the spear-heard into its body. The metal at once pulls out of the socket, but as it is attached to the shaft with a rope it drags along through the underbrush, thus impeding its flight. |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
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Creator(s)
  • Etta E. McKenna : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Rachel B. Blake : University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Department of Anthropology