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Object Number 12-61-70/10861.1.2806
Display Title Subano men and Mr. Christie at the border of a smallpox quarantine
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Subano / 21-C61 / Mr. Christie and his Subano companions at a point where the Subanos of the interior were maintaining a land quarantine against those of Sindangan. The people near the Bay were suffering from smallpox and the party was obliged to turn back. / Subanos of the River Piau, 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 River Piau, 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Subano man
12-61-70/10861.1.2817 Subano man
Sindangan
Subano man
12-61-70/10861.1.2816 Subano man
Sindangan
Three Subano men drinking fermented rice drink
12-61-70/10861.1.2802 Three Subano men drinking fermented rice drink
Mindanao
Subano woman
12-61-70/10861.1.2823 Subano woman
Sindangan
Subano woman
12-61-70/10861.1.2821 Subano woman
Sindangan
Subano woman
12-61-70/10861.1.2822 Subano woman
Sindangan
Three Subano men drinking fermented rice drink
12-61-70/10861.1.2803 Three Subano men drinking fermented rice drink
Mindanao
Woman weaving on loom
12-61-70/10861.1.2792 Woman weaving on loom
Mindanao
Hen's nest and pig pen underneath Subano house
12-61-70/10861.1.2789 Hen's nest and pig pen underneath Subano house
Mindanao
Subano smithy
12-61-70/10861.1.2791 Subano smithy
Mindanao
Hen's nest and pig pen underneath Subano house
12-61-70/10861.1.2788 Hen's nest and pig pen underneath Subano house
Mindanao
Subano cloth
12-61-70/10861.1.2793 Subano cloth
Mindanao