83985 Catalog Card

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Title 83985 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-45 | Provenience: Philippine Islands. | People or Culture: Philippinos | Object: Harp | Material: Bamboo, wood, pandanus, animal gut, iron | Description: Bamboo hard standing onrectangular base of bamboo half-tube edging with woven pandanus on top and wood underneath, 4 wood ball feet. Harp has 26 gut strings, mostly broken, only 23 iron pegs left, 24 wood pegs, iron nail. Bamboo cracked. Harp is in fragile condition. Pegs loose. (Harp isPhilippino adaptation of a Spanish original; was collected in 1889. Dr. Sue DeVale, 4/11/82). | Dimensions (in cm.): Overall Ht. of harp with base: 142.0 cm. W of harp: 93.0. Base L: 48.5; W: 33.5 | Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2/14/79 (Crosby Brown Collection). |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 83985 | ENT | Field No. Met. Cat. #89.4.2962 | Neg. No. | Acc. 3540 |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 89.4.2962 - 83985 Catalog Card, [0.211 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Sarah Carlson : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology