Bolo with Sheath

Unidentifed Visayan maker

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collected about 1900

Iron, wood, and bronze

Overall: 29 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (74 × 3.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lt. Col. Alfred T. Clifton, Class of 1927P

42.15.7753

Geography

Place Made: Negros Island, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Lt. Col. Alfred Theodore Clifton (1875-1944) with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in the Philippines, 1901; given to present collection (through his son, Alfred Theodore Clifton, Jr. (1906-1996), Class of 1927), 1942.

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