Sword and sheath

Museum number:
10-205a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.27 and Acc.9
Description:
a) Kampilan; carved; filled wood handle; black, brown hair fringe; single iron wire with small brass bell through across piece; blade incised; length 39.75 inches. b) 2 piece wool scabbard.
Donor:
S. A. Cloman
Collection place:
Mindanao Island, Mindanao island group, Philippines
Collector:
S. A. Cloman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Kampilans (swords), and Scabbards
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 Sword and sheath, accession number 10-205a,b, described as a) Kampilan; carved; filled wood handle; black, brown hair fringe; single iron wire with small brass bell through across piece; blade incised; length 39.75 inches. b) 2 piece wool scabbard.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sword and sheath, accession number 10-205a,b, described as a) Kampilan; carved; filled wood handle; black, brown hair fringe; single iron wire with small brass bell through across piece; blade incised; length 39.75 inches. b) 2 piece wool scabbard.

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