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House ornament of skulls of tig-tig birds and fruit bats
House ornament of skulls of tig-tig birds and fruit bats
Object Number 08-36-70/74432
Display Title House ornament of skulls of tig-tig birds and fruit bats
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, eleven skulls total, three bird skulls and eight faunal skulls, blackened, arranged side by side, tied to wooden stick with rattan strips and twisted fiber cordage
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Eastern Lepanto
Materials Bone , Rattan , Fiber , Wood , Resin?
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 × 13 × 5.6 cm (15 15/16 × 5 1/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 74432

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