Sword (Kampilan)
Text
Sword made of metal, wood, hair.
Share this
Media
Images
Map British Museum
Metadata
Date
18thC-19thC
Rights
Creative Commons 4.0
Identifier
A_As1914-Loan01-583
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.
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
Display status
Not on display
Official Website
Collection
Source
Copied from the source
Record accessed March 2021
Record accessed March 2021
Cite this Page
“Sword (Kampilan),” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed June 27, 2022, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/6010.
Related Exhibits
Geolocation
Related Items
