Sword and scabbard

Museum number:

10-912a,b

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.720

Description:

a) single edge sword, straight blade; horses head incised; decorated metal crossguard with 2 bird’s heads; bone grip inlaid with wire bands; round metal pommel extending down grip; 30” 1.;b)Leather scabbard; metal ends; metal clip; female hed.

Donor:

Mrs. G. E. Stockle

Collection place:

Mindanao Island, Mindanao island group, Philippines

Collector:

Mrs. G. E. Stockle

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Scabbards

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

1938

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)