Boar Tusk Armlet
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Date
Manufacture date: 1850s - 1910.
Identifier
As1914,0414.51
Origin
Southeast Asia, Philippines, Northern Luzon
Materials
Boar ivory, Rattan
Physical Dimensions
1.70 cm x 9.80 cm x 8.80 cm
Provenance
Found/Acquired: Northern Luzon
Ethnic group: Igorot
Ethnic group: Igorot
Acquisition Date
1914 (purchased from a Mrs. Turnbull).
Short description
"Man's armlet made of tusk (boar), rattan."
Display status
Currently not on display.Exhibition history:1996-97, London, Museum of Mankind, 'Stairways to the Sky: Rice and Life in the Philippines'
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Additional notes: [Conservation] Underwent conservation treatment (02 Apr 1996) for temporary exhibition; lightly cleaned the surface and repaired broken tusk. [Curator's comments] Register says: "Boar's tusk armuet, worn by men, "Pi-call" (see P.K.E.M.D. pl X.10 .)" From acquisition notes: "Igorrot". Register says: "This whole collection from the "Igorrot". N. Luzon."
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“Boar Tusk Armlet,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed March 28, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/2552.
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