| TWO STRAPS FROM BETEL BOXES Glass beads, cotton. longest strap: 2 3/4" wide x 20 1/2" long. ~ ~ ~ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SEE: The People and Art of the Philippines by Gabriel Casal, Eric S. Casino, George R. Ellis, Regalado Trota Jose, Wilhelm G. Solheim II. Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1981. cf. Pl. XIV. Sinaunang Habi: Philippine Ancestral Weave by Marian Pastor-Roces. Photographs by Dick Baldovino and Wig Tysmans. Manila: Nikki M.L. Coseteng, 1991. cf. pp. 124-129. |
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