Sword
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1888
name: label: Collector
content: William W. Rockhill
label: Donor Name
content: William W. Rockhill
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Wooden scabbard. Illus. in USNM AR 1893; Pl. 22, fig. 2; p. 710." From late 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Sword and Scabbard - Long blade of uniform width; oblique point as in Japanese and Chinese swords. Guard, small; pommel, silver, chased and set with turquoise; scabbard roughly made of wood; probably temporary. Blade 30 inches long. Dawo, Eastern Tibet. Collected by W. W. Rockhill. this sword is commonly used in Kokonor and Tibet. This specimen was collected at Kanze."
label: Notes
content: Per Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Description above is accurate.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kanze (Ganze, Garze), Kham / Sichuan Province, Tibet / China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 022455
label: USNM Number
content: E131041-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword