FMNH 90353.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] 34-59 | Country: Luzon Island, P.I. | Locality: Balbalassan, ["Lepanto" crossed out] -Bontoc Sub Prov. [circled] | People: Tingians [sic] ["Igorot" crossed out] | Stock. | Name: Head axe. Long narrow blade, upper edges terminating in points by the curving of the cutting and opposite edges. Long slender wooden handle, upper part ["covered" crossed out] bound with wide iron band. Midway of handle and projection * | Collection: R.F. Cummings Expedition, S.C. Simms, Collector, 1906 | Notes: * for finger. End of handle bound with curved band of white metal. Blade 37 cm long. Length of handle and axe 56 cm. | Price: [Philippine peso symbol] 3.50 | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 90353 | 454 | Acc. 1004 | [ILLUSTRATION] [1 hand drawing] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] |
Catalog Number: 90353.nosub[1]
Description: axe
Materials: metal, wood, iron
Cultural Attribution: Tinguian
Accession Number: [1004] Cummings Philippine Explorations - Luzon, Philippines - ethnology, 1906-1907 (Expedition)
Accession Year:
Other Numbers: 454
District/County: Bontoc Prov.
City/Town: Balbalasson
Collector/Source: Cummings Philippine Explorations - Luzon, Philippines - ethnology, 1906-1907, Stephen C. Simms : The Field Museum
EMu IRN: 1321919
GUID: e4894e49-9c1d-477e-b441-d4041a03308b

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