shield
- Museum number
- As,+.3943
- Description
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Shield made of wood, rattan.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 120 centimetres
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Weight: 1.08 kilograms
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Width: 30.30 centimetres
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Depth: 8 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Eric Anderson writes that -
This shield was definitely never used by the Mandayan people. It is commonly known to have been used by the Kalinga and Tinguyan people, however it was also used by the Gaddang on the Cordillera side of the Cagayan valley.
See Eric Moltzau Anderson, “In the shape of tradition – Indigenous art of the Northern Philippines”, C. Zwartenkot Art Books, Leiden (2010), pp. 355 and 357-363. The photograph on page 355 refers to Cabagan Nuevo Village which was populated by the Gaddang minority, and indicates a use area that has been overlooked in the general academic resource material. Regarding Kalinga and Tinguyan use of this type of shield, there is abundant documentation, and numerous examples are depicted in pages 357-363.
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Possibly a Mandaya shield
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1996-97, London, Museum of Mankind, 'Stairways to the Sky: Rice and Life in the Philippines'
- Acquisition date
- 1888
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As,+.3943
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1888C2.3943 (old CDMS no.)
