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Somebody referred this website to me earlier, the Rutherford Hayes Presidential Center (museum).
Has anybody else checked this out before? Aside from pics (e.g., the whale bone kampilan below), there's also a detailed description of the item, like: Description: large sword; heavy steel blade with barbed end forming two points; ivory hilt, handle and pommel; handle wrapped completely in woven rattan; bridged hilt in two pieces: top piece and flat underpiece held together by two steel pins; pommel is flat and large, shaped somewhat like an inverted A; outer edges of pommel carved along with simple designs carved onto surface; pommel actually has wood inside sandwiched by two pieces of whale bone all held together with steel pins; on top of handle is honey-comb type piece of wood (actually inside of handle) with 34 holes;The bone kampilan below looks similar to the one shown in Cato's "Moro Swords" book ... |
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Another kampilan, amongst the many in the collection ...
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This kris was described as a gift from the Sultan of Sulu:
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More krises, once again among the many in the collection ...
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A panabas ...
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Forgot what this one was called ...
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![]() Maybe somebody can also comment on the motions or technique used by the warrior using this weapon ... because I find this weapon unusual. Here's how the weapon was described in its webpage: Hmm, doesn't the name mentioned above sound familiar? ![]() |
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Pres. Rutherford Hayes's son(Webb Hayes) was a Colonel during the Spanish American War and the Philippine American War. Which is why there are so many Philippine artifacts in their collection...Col Webb Hayes went on one serious collecting spree, from Northern Luzon to Mindanao. Col Hayes led the successful assault on Vigan, Ilocos Sur(Norther Luzon region). His capture of Vigan awarded him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Rayadillo uniform that belonged to Major Natividad with blood on it. Maj Natividad was from a prominent family. |
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