Talibon Sword and Scabbard
Unknown Filipino, Filipino
late 19th century
Steel, wood, rattan, and cloth
Overall: 27 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (70.2 × 4.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lt. Col. Alfred T. Clifton, Class of 1927P
42.15.7757
Geography
Place Made: Mindanao 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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