Neck chain
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Inventory number 042849
Necklace made from the seeds of the Appaki plant. It is often worn in the Cordillera villages. Cords longer than this chain are usually part of the Ifugao dukaw. Some villages still make this necklace and sell it in rarity shops or at the annual cultural celebrations. Modern necklaces and bags are also made from the Appaki seeds. Text: Prof. Dr. Leah E. Abayao, Cordillea Studies Center, UP Baguio.
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Date
1900
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Creative-Commons-Lizenz-CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Identifier
42849_93D1E1A449AD711AB34615B91D7DDA7C
Origin
Cordilleras; Luzon; Malay Archipelago
Materials
Plant
Physical Dimensions
Length: 27cm Width: 0.6 cm
Provenance
William P. Wilson, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, attended the Chicago World's Fair and suggested the creation of a permanent World's Fair museum on the uses of international trade. He bought a large part of the exhibits of the world exhibition for a newly established "Commercial Museum" in Philadelphia, which opened four years later. The purpose of this museum was similar to that of the Linden Museum founded by Graf von Linden in Stuttgart, which was first conceived in 1889 and financed at the time by the Württemberg Association for Commercial Geography. Wilson soon proposed a swap relationship between the two houses from Linden. After the US conquest of the Philippines, the US government appointed Wilson, along with Gustav Niederlein, to a board of trustees to prepare a Philippine exhibition for the 1904 World's Fair, which was supposed to provide a public justification for the Americans' "civilizing mission" in the Philippines . They showed cordillers and members of other indigenous groups in a people show and had them perform rituals and dances for visitors to the world exhibition. Wilson was initially appointed chairman of the board of trustees, but was later dismissed because the government was not satisfied with his work. However, he was able to secure some exhibits for his museum and his barter partners, including for Graf von Linden. This object sent Wilson Graf von Linden after the end of the exhibition. Text: Georg Noack.
Collection
Wilson; 0704
Collection
Wilson; 0704
Acquisition Date
1905
Display status
not displayed
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Translated from German by Google Translate. Record accessed November 2021.
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“Neck chain,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 19, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/15313.
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