Native Name | Parang |
Object Number | 42-30-368B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Malay Peninsula |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Single-edged steel blade, both edge and back slightly convex; blunt point tapered toward hilt. Cf. Phillippine barong. Curved wooden grip suggesting animal head. Flat, two-piece wooden sheath, roughly carved at top and on one face near bottom. Applied wooden loop for carrying cord. Rattan binding. |
Length | 52 cm |
Width | 6 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number | 52 - Collector Number |
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