Taming (shield)
Appearance
A taming (pronounced: tah-MING) is a round shield made of wood or tightly-woven rattan traditionally used by the Moro, Lumad, and Visayan people of the Philippines.[1]
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Obverse side of a wooden Moro taming in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, c. 18th-19th century
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Warriors with taming during the meeting of the crew of L'Astrolabe with the Sultan of Sulu (c.1846)
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Taming, a regalia of Brunei, displayed in the Royal Regalia Museum
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Panay Bukidnon tribesmen posing with wooden Taming shields
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Mallari, Perry Gil S. "Kalasag: THe Filipino War Shield". FMA Pulse. Retrieved 8 March 2021.