FMNH 128664.nosub[1]
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Description: Wooden chest inlaid with mother of pearl. Inlaid boxDownload fileCreator: Cassie Pontone : Field Museum of Natural History
Transcriber: Aislinn Sanders : University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Department of Anthropology
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Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum subject code written in red] 34-16 | Country Philippine Islands. | Locality North Central Mindanao. | People Bukidnon. | Stock. | Name Inlaid box A century ago man such boxes were in use among these people, but today they have nearly all disappeared. They are inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and some are fitted with locks and hinges. It is probably that they entered the country through trade. | Collection R.F. Cummings Philippine Expedition, 1909=1911 F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes | Width | Length | Height | Price 8? | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 128664 | ENT | neq.1716.P 460 | Acc. 1115 | [Cursive capital L.] | [BACK] [1 photograph] |Catalog Number: 128664.nosub[1]Description: inlaid boxMaterials: wood, shell; nacre - mother of pearl, metalCultural Attribution: BukidnonAccession Number: [1115] Fifth R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippines Islands - ethnology - Bukidon, Mandaya, Manobo, Negrito, and Bataan Bagobo Indians (Expedition)Accession Year: 1910Collector/Source: Fifth R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippines Islands - ethnology - Bukidnon, Mandaya, Manobo, Negrito, and Bataan Bagobo Indians, Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole : Field Museum of Natural History - AnthropologyEMu IRN: 1030211GUID: 443a483e-e39b-4aac-a6a1-99259b7f5fc4
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