Sword
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Jun 1923
name: label: Donor Name
content: Cassie M. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: Per catalogue card for T812, and also tag with this sword/kris and sheath, because they do not appear to be from Ceylon/Sri Lanka as E274825 was originally catalogued (the staff person, apparently Robert Elder, also questioned whether the sword and sheath even belong together), the number for the sword and sheath was changed from 274825 to T812, sometime circa 1970. However, the sheath has a partially legible inked inscription: "Presented to Lieutenant T. B. M. Mason U.S.N. by H.R.H. P[? ? ? ?] of Siam 188[2? 4?]". E274825 is part of Accession No. 70138, which includes the collection of Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason (1849 - 1899), so it has been decided to restore the sword and sheath to catalogue number E274825, on the assumption that the catalogue number is correct and just the locality of Ceylon is probably wrong. We have also changed the locality from Sri Lanka to Thailand. Additional tag with the artifact notes that the sword blade may poisoned. There is also a tag by volunteer Winifred Weislogel which notes: "per Gardner "Keris & Other Malay Weapons" this sword's hilt is Patani type "hulu pekekole". See p. 24, plate 10 # 6 & pp 23, & 25 & 26, Plate 12 # 1 Patani is Malay District, S. Siam [Thailand] (Also a Patani on Halmahera but not one referred to by Gardner)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jan 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Thailand (not certain), Asia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 070138
label: USNM Number
content: E274825-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword