US Army bolo knife and scabbard
date: label: Date
content: 1912; 1918
name: label: Created by
content: Springfield Armory, American, 1777 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: US Army 1912 Bolo Knife (a) and scabbard (b). The bolo knife has a wooden and metal handle that has curves on the bottom for finger holds. The tip of the handle is metal and is longer at the bottom to keep the hand in place. The hilt is metal and has a button below the top edge that allows the scabbard to be removed. The blade is wide and curved. Above the hilt are inscriptions on each side, [US / 19530] and [SA [flaming bomb] 1912]. The scabbard is made of canvas, metal, and leather. The main body is made of brown canvas with a brown leather top. On the leather is a maker's mark that reads, [A-K-CO / 1918 / R.H.S.]. The back of the scabbard has a folded over piece of canvas, to create a loop, where a metal hinge can be used to attach the scabbard to a belt.
place: label: Place made
content: Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.19.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: bolos (weapons)
label: Type
content: scabbards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: knife (a): wood and metal;
label: Medium
content: scabbard (b): leather with metal and cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (ab): 16 × 3 7/8 × 1 5/8 in. (40.6 × 9.8 × 4.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a knife): 15 1/2 × 3 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (39.4 × 9.8 × 3.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b sheath): 11 7/16 × 3 3/16 × 1 5/8 in. (29.1 × 8.1 × 4.1 cm)