FMNH 34631.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | ENT | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-9 | Country: Philippine Islands | Locality: Mindanao Isld, Lake Lanao. | People: Moro | Name: Scarf for the head, being a strip of red cotton cloth 225 cm. long by 36 cm. wide figured with colored diamonds. over. | Collection: R.F. Cummings Dr. A.E. Jenks, Coll. | Notes: | Price: | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 34631 | 5 | Acc. 989 | [ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] The sarong, which is made like a sack with both ends open, is worn by both men and women. When used by the former it is drawn tightly about the waist and is folded in on itself, or is held securely by a sash. Headdress or sash - The favorite headdress is a bright colored scarf which the men twist into a turban. Both sexes also use such clothes as belts. |
Catalog Number: 34631.nosub[1]
Description: scarf
Materials: cotton, dye
Cultural Attribution: Moro
Accession Number: [989] R. F. Cummings (Gift)
Accession Year: 1906
Other Numbers: 5
City/Town: Lake Lanao
Collector/Source: R. F. Cummings, Albert E. Jenks
EMu IRN: 1261198
GUID: 4496b690-596d-48db-9c43-12d9564d86d7

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