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Two Philippine swords
The first sword with snake-shaped metal blade, wooden hilt bound with yarn, wooden wrongka decorated with mother-of-pearl plaque, wooden scabbard with rattan bindings, 61.5 cm long; the second with S-curved iron blade with carved ivory hilt set in silver mount, 67 cm long (2)
The first sword with snake-shaped metal blade, wooden hilt bound with yarn, wooden wrongka decorated with mother-of-pearl plaque, wooden scabbard with rattan bindings, 61.5 cm long; the second with S-curved iron blade with carved ivory hilt set in silver mount, 67 cm long (2)
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