Betel Nut Box
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Name: Magsagora - Small rectangular brass betel nut box. Top is cast in scroll design. No handles to attach to belt. Three compartments. | Notes: See notes on 128177. Has three compartments - the center, for leaves chewed with the betel nut; one for lime, and one for betel nut. These boxes came from the Moros of Lake Lanao and are secured in trade. Are worn at the side, fastened by a cord, chain, or belt. Used by men. The interesting process of casting is described in notes on "Bagobo casting" Fieldwork number: 370; Other names: magsagorá; Field Museum Catalogue Number: 128181
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FIELD-1029695
Origin
Cultural affiliation: Bukidnon
Materials
Metal; brass
Provenance
[1060] Second R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippine Islands - ethnology - Mangyan (Expedition) Accession number: 1115; Collected by Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole
Acquisition Date
1910
Display status
Not on display
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Courtesy of: S. Carlson. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/0b9cdd74-9250-4c56-901f-25c891ad5bfe (accessed on 21 Sep 2021)
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“Betel Nut Box,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 28, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/18629.
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