236730 Catalog Card

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Title 236730 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History—Ethnology | [Field Museum subject code written in red] 34-40 | Provenience: Cagayan Valley, North Luzon, Philippines | People or Culture: Ifugao | Object: SPEAR HEAD WITH SHEATH | Material: Wood, raffia, metal | Description:Spear blade in usual elliptical shape which has been chrome-plated; blade head has been wrapped tightly in braided raffia and the wooden carved head tapers to create a stopper in place of the spear shaft, which makes it useful as a type of dagger. The vertical wooden sheathis grooved for the spear, the base has a series of holes near the top to enable it to be attached to a belt; a carved separate wooden (over) | Dimensions (in cm.): A: L. 29.0; W. 5.5 B: L. 22.0; W. 6.0 | Collection: Gift of W.C. Wooley, 6/8/83. |[LEFT MARGIN] A ENT | 236730 | A-B | Field No. | Neg. No. 501 | Acc 3571 | [BACK] horizontal section to hold the spear in place is attached to the flat base by braided raffia. Good condition. | [1 photograph] |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 236730 | 3571 - 236730 Catalog Card, [0.306 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Etta E. McKenna : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Aislinn Sanders : University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Department of Anthropology