Sword (Kampilan)

From card: "Scabbard ferruled with brass and silver; pommel tufted with horsehair. According to Mr. Ricardo B. Marasigan, Philippine Embassy, Wash., D.C., the sword, # 361,653, is a particularly important specimen because of the emblem in brass on the sword handle. This emblem, "K.K.K.", short for something like "Philippine Christian Revolutionary Army", is on a sword made by revolutionary peasants in a distinctly Moslem [Muslim] fashion and indicates the relationship between Christians and Moslems [Muslims] during the fight to free the Philippines from the Spanish around the turn of this century (1900). M. M. Brigida".

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Identifier

113605
USNM NUMBER:
E361653-0 NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Origin

Moro, Philippine Islands ( from Card Catalog)

Physical Dimensions

Length overall 38 3/8 inches

Provenance

From the Estate of Victor J Evans . By Bequest. March 26 1931

Acquisition Date

20 Mar 1931

Display status

(not on display) According to card catalog HU 263 East Attic

Official Website

https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8408631?q=set_name%3A%22Anthropology%22&fq=culture%3A%22Moro%20Indians%22&record=43&hlterm=set_name%3A%26quot%3BAnthropology%26quot%3B&inline=true&fbclid=IwAR3gPP4yT78n6rISeIrqqF1JxsWmvo4mdRCVBpyzDEoGq27AQF09m5Gvwmo

Collection

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Source

Per Wikipedia contributors, "Katipunan," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katipunan&oldid=865007869 (accessed November 21, 2018): The Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangan, Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan ("Supreme and Venerable Society of the Children of the Nation", Spanish: Suprema y Venerable Asociación de los Hijos del Pueblo) also known as Katipunan, or KKK, was a Philippine revolutionary society founded by anti-Spanish colonialism Filipinos in Manila in 1892; its primary goal was to gain independence from Spain through a revolution.

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