Native Name | Kampilan |
Object Number | 41-34-23A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Philippine Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Metal | Wood | Peel |
Description | Sword. Kampilan. Heavy sword with a long, straight single-edged blade, broadening slightly to point, which has an angled side with a small protruding barb. Bifurcated wooden handle, possibly representing the open jaws of a crocodile. partly bound with basketry and fibre braids. Wooden guard with looped metal band on one side. |
Length | 99.8 cm |
Width | 14.3 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Austin Gray, 1941 |
Other Number | CG911101-8296 - Found in Collection Number |
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