Katana used by Danai Gurira as Michonne on the television series, The Walking Dead
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content: Silver katana blade with a silver, circular guard, a white and black leather handle and sheath and a leather strap. The katana is Michonne's, played by Danai Gurira, weapon of choice and first appeared in season two, episode 13 of the television series, The Walking Dead. The katana has been used by five different characters on the show since its first appearance. Based on the comic books by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead deals with a post-apocalyptic society overrun with “walkers.” The show follows Rick Grimes, a sheriff who awakes from a coma to find only a handful of people alive and a lot of decaying undead who want to eat him. Played by Andrew Lincoln, Rick eventually finds his wife and son living with a group of survivors near Atlanta, Georgia. It is here the group must learn to survive in a fallen society, among the undead and roving bands of survivors who prove to be more dangerous than the famished walkers.
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content: Entertainment
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content: Television
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content: Entertainment Nation
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: AMC Networks
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 2017.0275.03
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content: 2017.0275
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content: 2017.0275.03
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content: katana
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content: sword, katana
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content: brass (overall material)
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content: imitation rayskin (overall material)
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content: steel (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: leather (overall material)
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content: overall: 44 in x 4 in x 2 1/2 in; 111.76 cm x 10.16 cm x 6.35 cm