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Object Number
2004.29.17467
Display Title
Bontoc Igorot - 46 years old "Towenin"
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Bontoc Igorot / Bontoc Igorot-46 years old "Towenin" / The Bontocs always wear basket hats which they use as pockets / Taken at the St. Louis Exposition. 1904 / Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund"
Department
Photographic
Date
1904
Culture
- Bontoc Igorot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Philippines
/
Luzon
/
Mountain Province
/
Bontoc
Materials
Platinum print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 16.51 x 22.86 cm (6 1/2 x 9 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund
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