Large flag, red and brown, with white designs resembling swords; leaves and flowers; applique designs. The double-bladed sword is intended to signify the sword of ‘Ali Ibn Abu TAleb, later to become 4th Caliph of Islam. He lived during 7th century A.D.
Donor:
The Faculty Club (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Sulu Archipelago, Mindanao island group, Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Philippines, Sulu , presumably Moro
Culture or time period:
Moro
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flags
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
October 30, 1997
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 184.2 centimeters and length 284.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1997-1998 #6a: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (March 2, 1998–August 20, 1999)