Knife and Sheath
Unidentified Moro maker
collected 1898-1901
Steel, horn
Overall: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Edith Virginia Calista Spinney Furlong (Mrs. Charles Wellington Furlong)
175.4.25589
Geography
Place Made: Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
Scratched, on the hilt: "San Vicente"
Provenance
Collected by Lt. Leonard Furlong (1877/78-1911), in the Philippines, betweeen 1898-1901 (Spanish-American War) or 1903-1911 (Philippines Constabulary); to his brother, Charles Wellington Furlong (1874-1967), Consultant to the Stefansson Collection, Dartmouth College (1962-1967), Hanover, New Hampshire; to his widow, Edith Virginia Calista Spinney Furlong, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1975.
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