FAIS - Blaan Knife and Sheath for Knife

Annotated text (Blaan Kastulen June, 2022)

Confirmed as FAIS (double-sided blade sword). A Malay or Indonesian blade introduced by the Maguindanon to the Blaan due to their close ties of friendship and kinship. Used as a fighting
weapon against enemy or as a decorative material in the house if not in used.Almost the same with sundang. Almost the same as the Blaan SUNDANG in origin and use, except that it is a double-sided blade.

Original Text

(From reference card of the Field Museum Catalogue Number: 129496) 

Paīs - man's fighting knife and sheath. Similar to 129496 Blade in Moro. Handle and ferrule are said to be native but this is doubtful. Plain wood sheath has 3 bands of rattan strips around it. From South Central Mindanao. Blaan.

Field Museum Catalogue Number: 129499

(Note: all instances of either B'laan, Bilaan or Bila-an in the Mapping Database have been changed to Blaan after specific requests from the Blaan of Sarangani Province June 2022. This would differ from the terminology in the original record, which is considered derogatory by the Blaan.)

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Identifier

FIELD-1030706

Origin

Cultural affiliation: Blaan (Note: all instances of either B'laan, Bilaan or Bila-an in the Mapping Database have been changed to Blaan after specific requests from the Blaan of Sarangani Province June 2022. This would differ from the terminology in the original record, which is considered derogatory by the Blaan. Read more...)

Materials

Rattan

Provenance

[1139] Fifth R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippines Islands - ethnology - Manobo, Blaan, and Divavaan Mandaya (Expedition) Accession number: 1139; Collected by Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole (Note: all instances of either B'laan, Bilaan or Bila-an in the Mapping Database have been changed to Blaan after specific requests from the Blaan of Sarangani Province June 2022. This would differ from the terminology in the original record, which is considered derogatory by the Blaan.)

Acquisition Date

1911

Display status

Not on display

Acknowledgements

Courtesy of: T. Davies. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/be7ae4fd-dc89-4d81-bec3-471c1731adf8 (accessed on 27 Sep 2021)

Official Website

https://philippines.fieldmuseum.org/heritage/catalogue/1030706

Collection

The Field Museum of Natural History

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“FAIS - Blaan Knife and Sheath for Knife,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 20, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/17023.

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