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Object Number 14-29-70/85787
Display Title Kris and Scabbard
Descriptions
Object Description Fighting knife or sword with scabbard
Inventory Description Sword, steel serpentine blade, engraved design, silver grip, wood sheath
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Moro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Mindanao
Materials Wood, Steel
Dimensions Overall: 68.8 x 16 x 4.8 cm (27 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85787
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1914)

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