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Scabbard
1800s
- Medium
- Wood
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Dimensions
- Overall: 41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- Philippines
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Oceania
- Credit line
- Gift of J. H. Wade
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This scabbard is made from two hardwood pieces, fitted together to hold a barong’s leaf-shaped blade. The rounded tip is minimally ornamented, without the okir scrolls or carved volutes applied to prestige examples. A fiber cord binding secures the upper section and reinforces the join.
