Taming (shield)
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]
Obverse side of a wooden Moro taming in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, c. 18th-19th century
A Bagobo taming alongside a kalasag (1885)
Warriors with taming during the meeting of the crew of L'Astrolabe with the Sultan of Sulu (c.1846)
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References[]
- ^ Mallari, Perry Gil S. "Kalasag: THe Filipino War Shield". FMA Pulse. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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- Shields
- Philippine culture
- Moro people
- Weapons of the Philippines