Barong (knife)
Culture
Moro People
Date1800s
Mediumsteel, wood, silver, ivory
Dimensions54.5 × 36 cm (21 7/16 × 14 3/16 in.), 1 lb (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.311
DescriptionSteel blade; wooden grip covered with silver; silver (?) wire braid on grip; ivory finial.ProvenancePresented to the Museum on May 9, 1957 by Nathaniel McL. Sage, Jr. and William H. Sage, III, grandsons of General Sage. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
1874
late 1700s-early 1800s