Drinking horn
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This particular specimen, adorned with woven and dyed rattan, served as drinking vessel for an alcoholic beverage called basi (inventory 1888, MVW archives). The drink, made from fermented sugarcane juice, was produced and consumed by men only and drunk mostly on special occasions and during festivities (Jenks 1905: 144). (Oliver Moiseanu 2009: 54-55)
Collector's comment: "During canjaos (festivities), [such] drinking horns, made from carabao horn, attracted my attention; decorated on the top and bottom ends with nicely fabricated bejuco netting, a strap made from the same material connects the two ends and is used for wearing the horn; at the open end of the horn is an indent for drinking" 1 (Schadenberg 1887: 150). (Sri Kuhnt-Saptodewo 2009: 54)
1 German original: "Bei Canjaos (Festgelagen) fielen mir Trinkhorner aus Carabao-Horn auf; dieselben sind oben un unten mit nett gearbeitetem Bejucogeflecht versehen, ein Band aus gleichem Geflecht verbindet das obere und untere Ende, so dass das Horn umgehangen werden kann; an dem offenen Ende des Hornes befindet sich ein Ausschnitt zum Trinken."
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Alexander Schadenberg (1851-1896) was a chemist and ethnographer, and a natural history enthusiast. Born in Breslau, Germany, he studied chemistry and botany. After receiving his Ph.D., he worked as the assistant director of the Potassic Salt Works in Stassfurt. In 1876, he went to worked as a chemist for the drug company Pablo Sartorius in Manila and in 1879, illness forced him to move back to Breslau.
From 1881 to 1883, Schadenberg and his friend Otto Koch visited southern Mindanao to carry out ethnographic and linguistic studies, basing themselves in the Bagobo village of Sibulan. There, they also made ethnographic and natural history collections. Upon their return to Germany Schadenberg spent several years working on his collections, publishing, lecturing and corresponding with museums and anthropological societies throughout Europe. Schadenberg later returned to the Philippines and became a partner of Pablo Sartorius. He settled with his family in Vigan in 1885 and continued his excursions among the native people of the islands. After Schadenberg's death in 1896, his collections passed to several museums in Dresden, Vienna, Berlin, and Leiden.
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Jenks, Albert E. 1905. The Bontoc Igorot. Manila. link here.
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