Sheath Ornament
2003-31-143A
From: Philippine Islands | Mindanao
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-31-143A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bagobo |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Mindanao |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Palm Leaf Sheath | Cotton | Glass | Metal |
| Description | Smalll square of bark (?) covered in red trade cloth, in turn covered with small white, blue, yellow and red beads in a pattern of repeated concentric diamonds. Dangling fron the bottom edge three bunches of strings of (mostly) white beads on red cord, ending in pompoms of red, yellow, black and natural wool (?), along with brown woven tapes from which hang more, similar, strings of beads. |
| Width | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1994.X.14169 - Other Number |
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