Scabbard (1800s): Art, History and Details
Scabbard at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, Wood. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Scabbard (1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This wooden scabbard was produced to house a barong blade, probably for a Maranao or Tausug community. It was carved from a single piece of hardwood, tapering toward the tip and widening slightly at the mouth. The upper section features scrolling okir motifs, while the rounded tip is decorated with finely pierced okir carving, forming a lacelike pattern characteristic of the Islamic groups of the southern Philippines.
Object facts
- Title: Scabbard
- Date: 1800s
- Culture: Philippines, Mindanao
- Type: Arms and Armor
- Technique: Wood
- Dimensions: Overall: 49.3 cm (19 7/16 in.)
- Collection: Oceanic Art
- Department: Oceania
- Accession number: 1916.766
A detail from the museum
The two halves of this scabbard are glued—instead of lashed—together.
Collection credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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