1938 Catalogue Of Paintings, Sculptures and Historical Objects published by the National Library and History there were three bolos in the State collection one of them described as follows: "BOLO OF ANDRES BONIFACIO (19th century) Bonifacio had this bolo with him when the Katipuneros gathered in Balintawak." Unlike the other bolos listed, it had no government property number, because it was not donated to the museum but merely placed on indefinite loan by a certain ISABELO DONATO who issued an affidavit published in the column of Alfredo R. Roces that reads:
Nang mabatid ito ni Emilio Aquinaldo na pinuno ng Magdalo, pinagkalat sa kaniyang mga kapangkat na ang Supremo ang "pinuno ng Magdiwang at si Hen. Alvarez ay ang kaniyang kanang-kamay. Pinaniwalaan naman agad ito, sapagkat ang Supremo at si Alvarez ay magkamaganak sa kasal. Dagdag pa sa paninira ni Aquinaldo, na pinalalabas ng Pangulong-Supremo na siya ay "Hari ng Bayan" at hindi ang nagsasaad sa mga papeles ng Katipunan na "Pangulo ng Haring Bayan" ("President of the Sovereign Nation").