FMNH 258758.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-46 | Provenience: Guianga, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines. | People or Culture: Bagobo. | Object: Leglets. Tikes (acc. Cole) or Tikos (acc. Ford). | Material: Plant Fibres. | Description: Group of 25 worn just above calf of leg to give strength and vigor to men and to aid women during menstruation. The dark portions are made from the cuticle of ferns, the yellow from the orchids. The inner core fiber ( the solid dark leglets) is called agsam, over which the tikes is formed. | Dimensions: ( in cm.) : 10 | Collection: Aida Rivers Ford, Collector, 1970's. Gift of B. Bronson, June, 1978. [LEFT MARGIN] A | 258758 / A - Y | Neg. No. Alb. P. 469 p. 230 | Acc. 3412 | [ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] | [ 2 photographs ] |
Catalog Number: 258758.nosub[1]
Description: leglet (4 of 25)
Materials: plant fiber
Cultural Attribution: Bagobo
Accession Number: [3413] B. Bronson (Gift)
Accession Year: 1968
District/County: Davao Prov.
City/Town: Guianga
Collector/Source: Bennet Bronson : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology, Aida R. Ford
EMu IRN: 1395847
GUID: 11a52b8a-83aa-47ba-b479-25b6e6cbc87c

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