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Object Number 12-61-70/10861.1.2624
Display Title Altars erected by Subanos for gampang ceremony
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Subano / 21-a 47 Altars erected for the ceremony performed to induce disease-bringing / spirits to leave the settlement. Taken on the Sindangan or Gikwan River / West coast of Mindanao / Subanos of Mindanao (Miscellaneous / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department Photographic
Date 1898-1912
Culture
  • Subano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / <State> / Zamboanga del Norte / Sindangan
Additional Geographic Terms Sindangan or Gikwan River, West coast of Mindanao
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor William Cameron Forbes

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Subanos dancing on buclug or platform
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Mindanao
Subano images of sea spirits
12-61-70/10861.1.2626 Subano images of sea spirits
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Subano offering to spirits (Diwata)
12-61-70/10861.1.2622 Subano offering to spirits (Diwata)
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Subano man
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Sindangan
Subano woman
12-61-70/10861.1.2821 Subano woman
Sindangan
Subano woman
12-61-70/10861.1.2822 Subano woman
Sindangan