90226 Catalog Card
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| Title | 90226 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-12 | Country: Luzon Island, P.I. | Locality: Barlig Lepanto=Bontoc Prov. | People: Igorot. Stock. | Name: Breech cloth of woven coarse fibrous material, ends ornamented with groups of 3 bands inbluish threads. (over). | Collection: R.F. Cummings Expedition. (S.C. Simms, Collector, 1906). | Notes: | Price: [Philippine peso symbol] .80 |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 90226 | ENT | 444 | Acc. 1004 |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] There are several varieties of breech cloths in common use. The simplest, of [flayed] tree bark, is made by the women of Barlig, Talubin, Agaua, and neighboring villages. Others are made of tree cotton, while many are woven from trade materials. A considerable numberof cloths are now secured ready-made from the coast. A large proportion of the men in Bontoc and Samoki use the cloths simply as aprons, suspended from girdles. | |
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| Summary | 444 - 90226 Catalog Card, [0.373 MB], (application/pdf) |
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