a) 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. b) piece wood scabbard, metal tip of old cartridge case.
Donor:
S. A. Cloman
Collection place:
Mindanao Island, Mindanao island group, Philippines
Collector:
S. A. Cloman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kampilans (swords), Plaited weaving, and Scabbards
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
December 16, 1901 and January 1901
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1957-1958 #2: University of California, Riverside (April 2, 1958–November 25, 1958)