Ceremonial Sword and Sheath
Object type: Sword and sheath
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Edo peoples
Date: 1856–97
Medium: Iron, ivory, silk, wool, cotton, yarn, leather, metal tacks, staples
Dimensions: As Assembled: 53 x 21 x 4 1/4 in. (134.6 x 53.3 x 10.8 cm)
Sword: 32 x 5 3/4 x 1 in. (81.3 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm)
Sheath: 24 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (61.3 x 18.7 x 3.8 cm)
Classification: Metal-Implements
Geography:  Court of Benin   Nigeria  
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Frederick R. Mebel, Fred and Rita Richman, and Noah-Sadie K. Wachtel Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1994
Accession year: 1994