129012 Catalog Card

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Title 129012 Catalog Card
Description scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-46 | Country: Philippine Islands. | Locality: Davao Gulf, Mindanao. | People: Bagobo. Stock. | Name: Rrobe : :- Woman's leglets made of braided wire edged with beads. Cloth backband. Over 100 bells are attached. Worn just above the calf of the leg. (over) | Collection: R.F. Cummings Philippine Expedition, 1909=1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes: Used in dances and on special occasions. Bells all of native casting. | Width: | Length: | Height: |Price: ₱ 8.00.. | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 129012 | 1-2 | ENT | (1184) | 1139 | Acc. [1115 crossed out] | [Cursive capital L] | [BACK] For special occasions some of the women wear elaborate leglets made of vine, and with many bells attached. When a woman dances the bells and other ornaments keep up a continual jingle thus calling attention to the owners. All the bells are of native workmanship. |
Subjects
  • Philippines Heritage
Summary 129012 / 1-2 | 1139 - 129012 Catalog Card, [0.339 MB], (application/pdf)
Creator(s)
  • Dustin Weddle : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
  • Etta E. McKenna : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Rachel B. Blake : University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Department of Anthropology