Calf band

Portuguese ships sailed towards Asia to conquer key trade centres, such as Malacca in 1511, and to ultimately take over the profitable spice trade. Malacca, for example, was their door to Java, Timor, the Maluku Islands, and the Philippines.
The Portuguese brought Venetian and Bohemian glass beads and traded them for pepper, nutmeg, and cloves.

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Identifier

171744

Origin

Philippines

Materials

Woven base, old Bohemian glass beads

Provenance

Detlef Fritz Dirksen

Acquisition Date

1990

Display status

Mezzanin: Welt in Bewegung

Acknowledgements

©KHM-Museumsverband

Official Website

https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/en/object/?detailID=487933&offset=0&lv=list

Collection

Vienna Museum of Ethnology

Source

Record accessed in October 2020
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“Calf band,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 19, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/2133.

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