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Bird models used to ward off birds
Object Number 12-61-70/10861.1.1032
Display Title Bird models used to ward off birds
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bontoc Igorot / 8-a 218 Guarding rice with bird scaring devices / Igorots of Bontoc / Gift of / W. C. Forbes"
Department Photographic
Date 1898-1912
Culture
  • Bontoc Igorot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Mountain Province / Bontoc
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor William Cameron Forbes

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Sticks in rice bed, used to ward off birds
12-61-70/10861.1.1030 Sticks in rice bed, used to ward off birds
Bontoc
Field of rice with sticks used to scare off birds
12-61-70/10861.1.1207 Field of rice with sticks used to scare off birds
Bontoc
Rice terraces across Agno River from Kabayan, with bird-scaring devices
12-61-70/10861.1.794 Rice terraces across Agno River from Kabayan, with bird-scaring devices
Kabayan
Rice terraces above the town of Kabayan
12-61-70/10861.1.797 Rice terraces above the town of Kabayan
Kabayan
Rice terraces across Agno River - note bird scaring devices
2004.24.7783 Rice terraces across Agno River - note bird scaring devices
Kabayan
Igorot women clearing vegetation off rice terrace wall
12-61-70/10861.1.1018 Igorot women clearing vegetation off rice terrace wall
Bontoc
Bird snare trap
12-61-70/10861.1.1062 Bird snare trap
Bontoc
Bird snare trap
12-61-70/10861.1.1061 Bird snare trap
Bontoc
Media Restricted
 		12-61-70/10861.1.1038 Bontoc Igorot boy standing in front of rice granaries
Bontoc
Rice beds, with granaries in background
12-61-70/10861.1.1026 Rice beds, with granaries in background
Bontoc
Group of Igorot people planting rice
12-61-70/10861.1.1028 Group of Igorot people planting rice
Bontoc
Rice mortar
12-61-70/10861.1.1060 Rice mortar
Bontoc