Sword Blade
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 May 1943
name: label: Donor Name
content: Ralph G. Packard
notes: label: Notes
content: Green certificate and other documentation are in Japanese swords and fittings Notebook 2 in Anthropology Records Room.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Made by a famous sword maker; of unusual antiquity. Deep carving on side of blade 4 1/2" L. Japanese characters on hilt. 1/20/70 Wakizashi, signed "Soshu Ju Hirotsugu Saku" Made in Sagami province about 1469. Trans. March 29, 1960 from Military Hist Japanese Samurai Temporary Exhibit April - July, 1971. Examined by NBTHK Shinsa in Dallas, Texas, Nov. 1972. Identified as Soshu Hirotsugu, about 1550 - and presumably the same smith who later worked in the province of Suruga."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, 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: 164794
label: USNM Number
content: E398300-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword