Scheut Missions / Philippines: Granary Hut Weavers CICM (Vintage PC NELS ~1920s/1930s)

postcard no. 9 from the scheut missions series, titled "missiën van scheut - philippijnen. hut der ifugaos. weefsters" (hut of the ifugao, weavers), showing a distinctive mushroom-shaped ifugao rice granary hut on stilts with a steep thatched roof, several people weaving beneath and beside it. the ifugao are a well-known indigenous highland people of the cordillera region of northern luzon, famed for their rice terraces at banaue.

published by n.e.l.s. for the scheut missions (cicm - congregatio immaculati cordis mariae), a belgian catholic missionary congregation active in the philippines. marked "philippijnen - eigendom van scheut" on reverse.

unused card.

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

condition: excellent...please also refer to scans which show complete front and reverse of postcard

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