Barong and scabbard

Museum number:

10-544a,b

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.408

Description:

Barong; carved wood pommel; silver grip; with carved hardwood scabbard, wrapped with nito

Donor:

Charles Ravenscroft Greenleaf

Collection place:

Mindanao island group, Philippines

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Barong scabbards, Barongs (swords), and Carvings (visual works)

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

1911

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)