Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword:carved ivory handle
Object Number:
1948.599
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Steel, other metal, bone, twine, other fiber
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 3 x 1 1/4 in. ( 68.6 x 7.6 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Bolo with curved, single-edged steel blade that widens toward the tip and has incised scroll pattern on obverse and reverse; back edge of blade above tip is shaped and pierced with seven holes; metal band and three bands of braided twine at base of hilt with ornately carved, L-shaped bone grip above.
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James G. Harbord
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
