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>Costume Studies
>>1935 Bontoc kadangyan
>>>necklace
Subjectkadangyan war leader
Culture: Bontoc Igorot
Setting: tribal warfare, Luzon highlands 19th-mid20thc
Objectboaya, fuyayya necklace






* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
"Necklace  
dog's teeth, rattan thread  
Philippines, Luzon, Bontoc
Necklaces made from dogs' teeth and bone were worn by men who had participated in raids." ...



* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
"Necklace 
Philippines" ...




* Museo Nacional de Antropología > Filipinas
"Collar de colmillos de jabalí.  
Bontoc.  Cordillera de Luzón.  Siglo XIX.  
Este tipo de collar es muy raro y apreciado, se lleva eclusivamente por los hombres en las ceremonias de corte de cabezas y es un signo de prestigio."







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