Sword and Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Dec 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Col. J. A. Mendelson
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Defense
notes: label: Notes
content: SHEATHED SWORD, ORIGINALLY RECORDED AS JAPANESE BY DONOR AND AMM, LATER CHANGED BY G. PHEBUS TO CHINESE. (1/2) SWORD (L. 84CM, W. 8CM) GROOVED, SLIGHTLY UPCURVED, SINGLE-EDGED IRON BLADE, W/ FALSE EDGE UP BACK NEAR POINT. OVAL TSUBA-LIKE PLATE GUARD, BRASS W/ DESIGNS. BRASS REPOUSSE' FUCHI AND KASHIRA TYPE POMMELS. WRAPPED SILK WOOD GRIP, W/ HOLE. (2/2) SHEATH (L. 71CM, W. 6.5CM) WOOD, COVERED OVERALL W/ POLISHED (NOW DULL & CRACKED) SHARKSKIN (?), DYED GREEN. REPOUSSE BRASS. FITTINGS, GOLD SILK BRAID. MUCH SURFACE DAMAGE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364983
label: USNM Number
content: E424632-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 84 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 8 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 71 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 6.5 cm