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Object Number
12-61-70/10861.1.2914
Display Title
Tagalog man polishing floors
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "38-x260 Tagalog servant polishing floors / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"; on typed note attached to board: "12. 38-x 260: A Tagalog servant polishing floors. The floors of the better Manila / houses are made of native hard woods and are polished by boys who skate / around over them with oiled rags under their feet or push mops of oiled rags about. / D-19"
Department
Photographic
Date
1898-1912
Culture
- Tagalog
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Philippines
Dimensions
Overall: 15.24 × 10.16 cm (6 × 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
William Cameron Forbes
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