Sword And Sheath "Takouba"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1971 to 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Virginia Bavendam
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Virginia Bavendam
notes: label: Notes
content: SWORD BLADE STRAIGHT, TAPERED, FLAT, DOUBLE- EDGED, BLUNT TIP. THREE INCISED LINES AND TWO COPPER STUDS ON EACH SIDE OF BLADE. LEATHER COVERED CROSS-HILT WITH IRON AND BRASS POMMEL. RED LEATHER SHEATH WITH TIP OF BRASS, WHITE METAL AND GREEN LEATHER. FROM ONE SIDE HANGS TWO RECTANGLES OF LEATHER ENDING IN BRASS RINGS, THROUGH WHICH NARROW STRIPS OF BLUE CLOTH ARE LOOPED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Agadez (Near), Niger, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuareg
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356946
label: USNM Number
content: E422949-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Sword
content: ca. 97.5 cm
label: Length - Sheath
content: 85.5 cm