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Object Number 12-61-70/10861.1.2787
Display Title Wooden image of spirit
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Subano / 21-C40 / Wooden image of spirit supposed to come from the sea and cause malaria. A wooden imitation of a campilan pinned to the left side of the image / Subanos of the Piau River, near Sindangan Bay. Mindanao / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department Photographic
Date 1898-1912
Culture
  • Subano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Mindanao
Additional Geographic Terms Piau River, near Sindangan Bay
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 15.24 cm (4 1/4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor William Cameron Forbes

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