sheath for knife

Catalog Number	34635
Literary Reference	, 13839
Cultural Affiliation	Moro

Continent	Asia
Country	Philippines
Region	Mindanao Island
Island	Philippine Islands

Original Name	barong
Materials	metal, wood, metal; silver, rattan
Catalog Description	Name: Barong and sheath. Elliptical blade. Hard dark wood handle, lower half covered with silver, upper carved. 53 cm. long. sheath of 2 pieces of dark wood, partly bound with thin split rattan. Weapons for use in close combat. Each knife is the work of a native smith whose conveniences for working steel are of the simpliest [sic]. Silver coins are furnishing the metal from which the ferrules are made.