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>>1898 Tagalog sandatahan
>>>sword
Subjectsandatahan 'bolo-man'
Culture: Tagalog Filipino
Setting: Katipunan rebellion, Philippines 1890s-1910s
Objectbolo sword







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* Tarrant County Courthouse > 1895 Room
"Filipino Bolo, c1898.  
While most of the Filipino insurgents didn't know how to use firearms, they certainly excelled in the martial arts.  This bolo, a kind of machete, would have been deadly in hand-to-hand combat."

​* Negrito Bolo
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* ValiantCo
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