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Scabbard
before 1916
- Medium
- Hardwood
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Dimensions
- Overall: 62 x 1.3 x 17 cm (24 7/16 x 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)
- Culture
- Philippines, Mindanao
- 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
The flaring, boat-shaped upper section of this scabbard is intricately decorated with vegetal scrollwork likely derived from the okir designs typical of the Maranao or Maguindanao people. The lower portion of the sheath is unadorned, highlighting the natural grain of the dark hardwood.
