Spear With Scabbard
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Maha Mongkut
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NARROW LANCEOLATE SHAPED STEEL POINT, INSERTED THROUGH A 7.5 CM. L. SILVER FERRULE, INTO THIN BROWN WOODEN SHAFT. FERRULE IS COVERED OVER THE EXTERIOR WITH A SOLID PATTERN OF DEEPLY INCISED LEAF-LIKE DESIGNS IN CONTIGUOUS DIAGONAL ROWS. SHAFT TAPERS TO ABOUT HALF THE DIAMETER AT THE TAIL END ON WHICH ORIGINALLY WAS A 2.5 CM. L. BLUNT SILVER CAP, SAME AS CAT. NO. 98 (3989). SCABBARD IS WOOD, THE SHAPE OF THE POINT, THE OUTER END WITH A BLUNT SILVER CAP AND AROUND THE INNER END, EACH OF WHICH IS INCISED WITH LEAF DESIGNS. INNER END INSTEAD OF BEING CUT OFF FLAT, TAPERS DOWN IN LINE WITH THE SHAFT OF SPEAR. " (MISSING 3/1969)
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 86-87
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 266032
label: USNM Number
content: E96-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear/Sheath