House ornament of skulls of monkey and fruit bat
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Ornament, two small faunal skulls, blackened, arranged side by side, one skull retains lower jaw, each skull tied to wooden stick with rattan fiber.
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Date
before 1907
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For rights and reproductions requests, see https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/about/rightspermissions; Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,08-36-70/74434
Identifier
08-36-70/74434
Origin
Oceania, Philippines, Ifugao, Luzon, Eastern Lepanto, Luzon, Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Materials
Bone , Rattan , Wood , Charcoal , Resin?
Physical Dimensions
Overall: 13.7 × 9.6 × 5.2 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 × 2 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Collector: H. Otley Beyer; Collector: Tuganai Pait | Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1908
Display status
Not on display
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“House ornament of skulls of monkey and fruit bat,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 26, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/13021.
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