Knife W/Sheath (Bolo)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Jan 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1899 to 1901
name: label: Collector
content: Soule H. White
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Doris Monk
notes: label: Notes
content: 1/2 KNIFE (L. 35 CM, W. 4 CM.) SHORT, STRAIGHT BLADE (22 CM. X 4 CM.) TAPERING TO A TRIANGULAR POINT, WITH WOODEN HANDLE. BASE OF HANDLE TIED WITH VARIED WEAVE RATTAN BANDS.2/2 SHEATH (L. 33.5 CM., W. 6.3 CM.) TWO PIECES OF RECTANGULAR SHAPED WOOD BOUND WITH 3 RATTAN BANDS SPACED FRONT, MIDDLE, AND REAR. A FRAYED CORD STRAP PASSES THROUGH A RAISED, GROOVED SECTION ON THE UPPER REAR END OF THE SHEATH. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE COLLECTOR, TAKEN FROM THE BODY OF AN INSURGENT AT THE BATTLE OF TELAD PASSE, DEC. 2, 1899. (SEE ACCESSION FILE, "RELICS" LIST).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Bontoc, Bontoc Province, Luzon Island, Philippines
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Igorot
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378671
label: USNM Number
content: E425745-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bolo/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2
content: 35 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2
content: 4 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2
content: 33.5 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2
content: 6 cm