Sword
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Aug 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1934 to 1961
name: label: Collector
content: William Burleigh
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Bruce Treadwell
notes: label: Notes
content: A. SWORD: LONG, SLENDER, SLIGHTLY CURVED BLADE BILATERALLY GROOVED, TORQUE-SHAPED HILT, ELBOW-SHAPED POMMEL. B. SCABBARD: STEEL SHELL, NAKED FOR ABOUT 1/5 OF LENGTH AT TOP, REST OF LENGTH ENCASED IN BLACK LEATHER, WITH THIN METAL MOUNTING AT BOTTOM IN GILT DESIGN, 2 STEEL BANDS NEAR TOP WITH RINGS THROUGH WHICH ARE 2 LONG, INTERTWINED LENGTHS OF BLACK/WHITE COTTON CORD TERMINATING IN CANE- SHAPED WEIGHTS. TRADEMARKS(?) IN CIRCLETS ON FRONT OF SCABBARD TOWARD OPENING. REF: STONE, P. 550, FIG. 708.
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Silver mounted mid 19th C. Ottoman Turkish Officers shamshir, from the Tanzimat period.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jul 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Turkey (Türkiye)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Turkish
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 350958
label: USNM Number
content: E419444-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword / Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Sword
content: 91.3 cm
label: Width - Sword
content: 8.3 cm
label: Length - Scabbard
content: 79.7 cm
label: Width - Scabbard
content: 5.8 cm