Marshal's Baton
name: label: Collector
content: William W. Rockhill
label: Donor Name
content: William W. Rockhill
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Held in hand of official on horseback." From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Officer's Baton (Dung-cha). - Rod covered with shagreen bound with silver ferrules; the part held in hte hand covered with wash leather. A tie of blue woolen fabric with a loop for the wrist and pendants of light blue silk are attached to the baton. Length, 30 inches. Carried only with full dress uniform. In old times the baton was made of bamboo, to which was attached thongs of leather, serving in battle as a whip and also used as a drinking tube. It is only displayed for ornament at the present."
label: Notes
content: Per Charles Heesh, Japanese sword appraiser and collector, 2012, the shagreen is probably ray skin.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Seoul, Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 023372
label: USNM Number
content: E151171-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Baton