Sword (Kampilan)

Sword made of metal, wood, hair.

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Date

18thC-19thC

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Creative Commons 4.0

Origin

Found/Acquired: Borneo
Asia: Southeast Asia: Borneo

If this sword was found in Borneo, it is probably Iranun and called a kampilan. It is a Sulu/southern Philippines sword. (Michael Heppell 2014).

Tower Loan List, 1914:
XV.583. Sword, the hilt carved and ornamented with tufts of human hair.

Provenance

On loan from: Royal Armouries

Acquisition Date

1914

Official Website

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_As1914-Loan01-583

Collection

British Museum

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Record accessed March 2021

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“Sword (Kampilan),” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed May 13, 2021, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/6010.

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