Kalinga Axe (Head)
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Date
Manufacture Date: 1800-1903
Identifier
As1952,08.7
Origin
Southeast Asia, Philippines, Luzon
Materials
Iron, Wood, Metal
Physical Dimensions
60.60 cm x 33.50 cm x 1.90 cm
Provenance
Found/Acquired: Luzon, Philippines
Ethnic group: Kalinga
Ethnic group: Kalinga
Acquisition Date
1952 (donated by Webster Plass)
Short description
Axe (for head) made of iron, wood, metal.
Display status
Currently not on display. Exhibition history: 1996-97, London, Museum of Mankind, 'Stairways to the Sky: Rice and Life in the Philippines'
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Additional notes: [Curator's comments] Register says: The haft decorated with pierced and punched yellow and grey metal sheet, nailed on, ridged grip. "Kalinga. Property of Uluwan, a Bontoc Igorot, who was the personal aide & bodyguard of General Aquinaldo in 1898"
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“Kalinga Axe (Head),” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 25, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/2585.
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