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Object Number 08-36-70/74431
Display Title House ornament of bat skulls
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, skulls lashed to bamboo stalk with plant fiber, painted black
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Eastern Lepanto
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm (18 1/2 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 74431

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