FMNH 162994.B

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum-Ethnology | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-53 | Provenience: Philippines. Luzon Island. Village of Kakidugen. | People or Culture: Ilongot. | Object: Knife blade, handle, sheath. | Material: metal, bamboo, | Description: A- blade, handle; handle made of thin cylinder of metal, flatteded at end to receive blade, which is a thin, tapering crescent, jammed securely with bamboo. B- same as above, yet without bamboo and smaller, and with heavier handle. C- sheath, crudely ornamented and decorated by thin wire, fastening the two halves together. Note: used harvesting rice, cutting food, by the women. | Dimensions (in cm.) A- L: 21.60; B- L: 8.90; C- L: 17.50 | Collection: Purchased from Rev. Dell G. Schultze 27 June 1967. | [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 162994 A-C | Field No. 12 | Neg. No. A6 Neg. Alb. p.435 | Acc. 2958 | [ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] Note: often made of knife blades that have been broken. [2 photographs]
Catalog Number: 162994.B
Description: sheath
Materials: metal, wire, bamboo
Cultural Attribution: Ilongot
Accession Number: [2958] D. G. Schultze (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1967
Other Numbers: 12
City/Town: Kakidugen Village
Collector/Source: Reverend Dell G. Schultze, Reverend Dell G. Schultze
EMu IRN: 1367427
GUID: 40eb72f7-7da2-4dc6-b2db-a44463c122ba

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