Petaca (Tobacco Pouch)
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Date
Before 1839
Identifier
VO 2758
Origin
Luzon, Manila
Materials
Palm Leaves
Physical Dimensions
11 cm x 6 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Carl Alexander Anselm Freiherr von Hügel. One of the earliest dated objects in the Philippine Collection in the Museum. "This dates from the period between the establishment of a separate "Ethnographic Cabinet" within the Imperial History Cabinet Collection in 1806 and the creation of an Anthropological-Ethnographic Department in the New Natural History Museum in 1876." The object is one of fourteen from the Philippines that was a part of the Asian Pacific Collection of Von Hügel, assembled between 1830-1836 and acquired by the Museum in 1839. (Feest: 2009:3)
Acquisition Date
1839
Short description
Two cylindrical halves are inserted into each other, forming a sturdy and airy case. Made from split strips of palm leaves dyed in yellow, red, black. The pleating forms a checkered pattern at the interlacing in 2/2 twill weave. Approximately 240 interlaced elements add up to a maximum circumference of approximately 13 cm. ( Barbara Ponighaus-Matuella and Sri Kuhnt-Saptodewo: 2009:50, 51).
Related Object
Two other tobacco pouches are in the Vienna Museum of Ethnology. This item is one of fourteen objects from the Von Hügel Collection, the earliest dated objects from the Philippines in the Vienna Museum of Ethnology. (Feest: 2009:3)
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In storage
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Translated from German by Google Translate Record accessed March 2021
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“Petaca (Tobacco Pouch),” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 16, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/2140.
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