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Sword (Kalis or Sundang)
1800s
- Medium
- wood and metal
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Dimensions
- Overall: 69.9 cm (27 1/2 in.); Blade: 54.3 cm (21 3/8 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 blade of this kalis displays undulations across its entire length, as well as flared shoulders and a pierced wing-type guard carved with okir-style serrations. A single asang-asang (fish gill) clamp secures the guard. The kamagong pommel takes the form of a cockatoo (kakatua). The shape and material indicate a functional but less prestigious object compared with ivory and silver examples made for the Tausug or Maranao people.
