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;
Date: 1900
Dimensions: L - 40.551 inches
Material: steel; whale bone; rattan; wood;
Event: Philippine Insurrection
Provenance: Moro kampilan presented to Webb by the Sultan of Mindanao.
Notes # 13 in display case; part of a collection of weapons Webb C Hayes brought back from the Philippines; purchased at a Moro market near Cotabato, Mindanao, Feb 1900;
Collection: Webb Cook Hayes
The bone kampilan below looks similar to the one shown in Cato's "Moro Swords" book ...