IDNO

LS.101861.TC1

Description

Group of Igorot men preparing to butcher a dog for a ceremonial dog-feast. The man squatting in the centre is holding the head of the dog.

Place

N America; SE Asia; Philippines; United States of America; Seattle; Cordillera

Cultural Affliation

Igorot

Named Person

Photographer

?Horniman, John Eric

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort; Horniman, John Eric (Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909)

Date

1909

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Image: same series as P.5544.ACH1 which has the following information:
"On catalogue card, top right hand corner: "A.C. Haddon" "Seatle [sic]
On Manual Listing: "Igorot dog-feast
On catalogue card: "Igorot dog-feast (Photograph)
Two Igorot men butchering a dog in the grounds of the Alaska-Yukon Exposition. The man in the foreground wears a woven rattan cap and loincloth. The other man, holding the dog, is wearing gold neck ornaments. In the background are spears? resting on the side of the hut with a thatched roof. The European man and woman in western clothes could be visitors to the Alaska-Yukon Exposition." [GBT 25/7/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Grace Barretto-Tesoro 27/9/2007]