Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard
Object Number:
1948.595ab
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Steel, silver, brass, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 5/8 x 3 x 1 3/8 in. ( 65.1 x 7.6 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Knife with long single-edged steel blade, brass hilt, hardwood grip with two brass bands, and silver pommel; wooden scabbard.
Gallery Label:
A bolo is a long heavy single-edged knife of Philippine origin. According to the accession records, this example was acquired by the donor's husband, Colonel James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947), while serving as Assistant Chief of Philippines Constabulary, U. S. Army, from 1903 to 1914. A label (now missing) apparently indicated that the knife was captured by Capt. W. C. Bennett, "on expedition after [sic] Aguinaldo-Cagayan Valley" in northern Luzon, in 1900.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James G. Harbord
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
