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Object Number 12-61-70/10861.1.1418
Display Title Lime kiln during construction
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ilocano / 39-d 9 Lime kiln in process of construction. Note alternate layers of limestone and firewood / and the firewood standing vertically at the center. At the left is a shelter under which a man / has been breaking limestone rock in order to reduce it to pieces of a suitable size for burning / Lime Making of the Ilocanos. / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department Photographic
Date 1898-1912
Culture
  • Ilocano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 15.88 cm (4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor William Cameron Forbes

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