38947 Catalog Card

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Title 38947 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY]Field Columbian Museum.| [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-9 | Country: Philippine Islands | People: Moro. Probably Lake Lanao | Locality: Mindanao | Name: Dress [(making in parenthesis and sarong above)] of material hemp. bands of bright colors. [star] no |Collection: Major Ralph S. Porter Surgeon U.S. Vol.| Where Placed: | Notes: [star] Material is cotton [illegible][LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 38947 | 25 | Acc. 776 |[BACK]The women weave cloth of good quality which they make into sarongs-skirts-and other articles of clothing. The work is executed upon efficient though primitive looms, and the fabric is often artistic in addition to being skillfully woven. Considerable diversity inappearance is obtained by the manipulation of many colored threads.
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 38947 | 776 - 38947 Catalog Card, [0.281 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Sarah Carlson : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology