Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword:carved wooden handle
Object Number:
1948.593
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Steel, wood, wicker
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 101 x 13.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Bolo with straight, single-edged steel blade that tapers from point to hilt; tip of blade below point intricately cut with multiple prongs; wooden hilt with short, slender grip with three bands of wicker adjoining long, ornate pommel with a forked end and disk and scroll motifs carved on either side; carved wooden guard made separately.
Gallery Label:
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.
