FMNH 129569.nosub[1]

  • 129569 tikas leglets
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    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: South Central Mindanao. | People: Bila-an. Stock. | Name: Tīkas: - Man's leglets. Similar to 129568 but several are ornamented by adding the yellow cuticle of an orchid. Beads also attached. An ornament but also worn for | Collection: R.F. Cummings Philippine Expedition, 1909 -1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes: magical aid ( as to give strength on the trail). | Width: | Length: | Height: | Price: gift | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 129569 (1-17) | ENT | (1677) | Acc. 1139 ["1115" crossed out] | L. | [ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] |
Catalog Number: 129569.nosub[1]
Description: 17 leglets
Materials: rattan, fern cuticle, orchid cuticle, beads
Cultural Attribution: Blaan
Accession Number: [1139] Fifth R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippines Islands - ethnology - Manobo, Bilaan, and Divavaan Mandaya (Expedition)
Accession Year: 1911
Other Numbers: 1677
Collector/Source: Fifth R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippines Islands - ethnology - Manobo, Bilaan, and Divavaan Mandaya, Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
EMu IRN: 1031120
GUID: 77611ced-49d2-4ed6-ac3c-8238c66f0b72

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