Stock No..
s2343

Bagobo Sangi
Fine bronze sheath
Bunti wood hilt

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A rare knife called a Sangi, Bagobo culture, Philippines.

A most unusual and rarely seen knife, complete with a pierced bronze sheath and suspension chain, typically reserved for status within the culture.
The Sangi are a utility knife, used for both day-to-day use and harvesting rice. They range from simple examples with timber handles and woven sheaths, through to the most exquisitely cast bronze handles and sheaths, and always with small bells attached to both. Within this variation of styles, there are also mixed examples with bronze hilts in woven sheath and as this example is, a fine Bunti wood handle in a decorative bronze sheath.
Like the dress, the blades too can show a variation is profiles and motifs engraved and or stamped to the faces.

This example measures 29cms long from tip to tip across the inside curve, 25.5cms out, and has a blade length of 14cms long.

A fine mid-range example of the type

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