Cheval-de-Frise

50-49-1415

From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 50-49-1415
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Apayao
Provenience Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Locus Apayao
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | String
Description

Bundle of stakes, secured by native string, not tied, but locked around two of outer bamboo sugas:

a: large sharpened stake, roughly round, light wood.

b: 21 sharpened stakes, darker yellow; somewhat flattened.

c: 8 flat sharp bamboo stakes. All bear triangular notches which according to Krieger are tribal markings.

Length 62.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950
Other Number 65 - Other Number

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