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Object Number 12-61-70/10861.1.3509
Display Title Banca protected from sun by nipa covering
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Visayan / 29-j 3 / A completed "banca" protected from the sun by a covering of nipa. To the / right is a pile of fire-wood which will be used in making salt. / Visayans of the Island of Cagayancillo / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department Photographic
Date 1898-1912
Culture
  • Visayan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / <State> / Palawan Province / Cagayancillo
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor William Cameron Forbes

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