Bidspirit auction | Lumad Tribes Mandaya Bolo, Mindanao


Lumad Tribes Mandaya Bolo, Mindanao - Collection of Old museum Philippines swords and scabbards. Mindanao Lumad Tribes Mandaya Bolo swords with carved wood handles. One example with light wood handle and included scabbard. Two remaining with fine carved handles one in horn and single edged curved blades. Largest 22.5” Overall with red inventory numbers (00.2.7) and black handle inlaid in triangular silver panels. Carved wood example with red handle old inventory number (00.2.14). Light colored handle with inventory number marked to handle and fine rattan artistic scabbard inventory number (00.2.11). Single scabbard with old inventory number partially obscured reading (00.2.?) marked in black to the front (00.2.115). Covered in fine interlaced netlike rattan wrapping. Ex-Cecile Quirino Collection