109080 Catalog Card
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| Title | 109080 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-6 | Country: Luzon, P.I. | Locality: Abra. Patoc. | People: Tinguian. Stock. | Name: Piling. Mediums outfit with which she summons the spirits. Consists of a bamboo basket, 100 fathoms ofthread, and a string of seashells. and a plate. over. | Collection: R.F. Cummings Expedition. (F.C. Cole, 1907=8). | Notes: See description under "Mediums and Spirits"; also Phil. Jour. Science 1908 pp. 204 "The Tinggian" | Width: | Length: | Height: | Price: [Philippinepeso symbol] .40 and no questions. | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 109080 / 1-4 | ENT | 1038 | Acc. 1060 |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] Before the candidate may become a medium she must have mastered the details of all the ceremonies, numbering more than twenty. When this has been satisfactorily accomplished she secured her outfit- a basket, one hundred fathoms of thread, and certain seashells. Asmall pig is then killed. The blood is mixed with rice and is offered to the spirits. The liver of the animal is carefully studied, and if any spots or blemishes appear on it the spirits are unfriendly to the candidate and she may not perform the duties of a medium untilsuch a time as a favorable sign is secured. The spirits are summoned by striking the shells against a dish or plate. Tinguian. Northwestern Luzon, Philippine Islands. | |
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| Summary | 1038 - 109080 Catalog Card, [0.367 MB], (application/pdf) |
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