Neck Band

P2713

From: Philippine Islands | Mindanao | Davao

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number P2713
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bagobo
Provenience Philippine Islands | Mindanao | Davao
Section Oceanian
Materials Peel | Pigment
Description

Man's Bejuco (limbar) neck band. Design wound with hemp thread before the strip of bejuco is placed in dye made from sikarig palm. "Used by the poorer people in the farther mountains."

Credit Line Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1914
Other Number 773 - Other Number

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