128922 Catalog Card
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| Title | 128922 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-50 | Country: Philippine Islands. | Locality: Davao Gulf, Mindanao. | People: Bagobo. | Name: Balīok: A peculiarly shaped and decorated wooden instrument which is used when "Job's tears" arecut into beads. The piece is held in the left hand and the seed is placed in the depression back of the "neck" where it is held in place with | Collection: R.F. Cummings Philippine Expeditions, 1909=1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes: the thumb and forefinger. A knife inthe right hand of the operator is then | Width: | Length: | Height: | Price: ₱ .15 |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 128922 | ENT | (1212) | Neg. Alb. P. 469 | Acc. 1139 ["1115" crossed out with x’s] | L |[ILLUSTRATION] | [ 1 hand drawing ] |[ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | seed holder |[BACK] | worked over the bead to course the design desired. All beads (seed) used in specimens 128908 to 128919 were carved in this manner. The shape and decoration of the instrument is interesting, suggesting the Melanesian type of ornamentation. The incised designs arefilled with lime. A few other examples of this type of ornament is met with in this tribe. [1 photograph] | |
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| Summary | 128922 | 1139 - 128922 Catalog Card, [0.416 MB], (application/pdf) |
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