Sword and scabbard

Museum number:
10-241a,b
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Accession number:
Acc.27 and Acc.9
Description:
a) Chief’s sword; straight blade; ornate brass grip and pommel; length 24⅛ inches. b) 2 piece wood scabbard, wound with string.
Donor:
S. A. Cloman
Collection place:
Lanao Province (historical), Northern Mindanao region, Mindanao Island
Collector:
S. A. Cloman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scabbards
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
December 16, 1901 and January 1901
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #38: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 9, 1965–November 9, 1965) and S1980-1981 #17: Merritt College/Maurice Wolfe (October 6, 1980–January 26, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sword and scabbard, accession number 10-241a,b, described as a) Chief’s sword; straight blade; ornate brass grip and pommel; length 24⅛ inches. b) 2 piece wood scabbard, wound with string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sword and scabbard, accession number 10-241a,b, described as a) Chief’s sword; straight blade; ornate brass grip and pommel; length 24⅛ inches. b) 2 piece wood scabbard, wound with string.

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