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Sword (Barong)
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Sword (Barong)

c. 1800s

Blade: steel; handle: silver with braided wire; pommel: ivory with carabao horn inlay
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The grip is made of carabao horn, a draft animal similar to the water buffalo.

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