Sheath

Museum number:
10-208b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.27 and Acc.9
Description:
Kampilan; carved and polished wood handle; long red hair fringe; fine iron wire through cross piece; 3 plaited bands of metal wire around grip; length 36.5 inches.
Donor:
S. A. Cloman
Collection place:
Mindanao Island, Mindanao island group, Philippines
Collector:
S. A. Cloman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
December 16, 1901 and January 1901
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sheath, accession number 10-208b, described as Kampilan; carved and polished wood handle; long red hair fringe; fine iron wire through cross piece; 3 plaited bands of metal wire around grip; length 36.5 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sheath, accession number 10-208b, described as Kampilan; carved and polished wood handle; long red hair fringe; fine iron wire through cross piece; 3 plaited bands of metal wire around grip; length 36.5 inches.

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