128350 Catalog Card

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Title 128350 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-45 | Country: Philippine Islands. | Locality: North Central Mindanao. | People: Bukidnon. | Name: Katyápi:- Long wooden musical instrument which is played like a banjo. Lower end is carved intotwo animal heads (unidentified). The other end is the "tail." | Collection: R.F. Cummings Expedition, 1909-1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes: The frets are held in place with bees wax. The lower part of the sounding | Width: | Length: | Height: | Price: Trade. |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 128350 | ENT | (364) | Acc. 1115 | L |[ILLUSTRATION] |[ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] |[BACK] [continued from Notes] board is separate. Frets, strings etc are often kept inside when not in use. Only one of the strings is on the frets. A small piece of bamboo is often tied to the forefinger of the left hand and is used to pick the strings. |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 364 - 128350 Catalog Card, [0.405 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Sarah Carlson : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology