Arm Dagger & Sheath
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: DAGGER WITH THIN TAPERED DOUBLE EDGED BLADE, POINTED TIP. TRIDENT SHAPED HILT OF BRASS AND COPPER. "KORANIC INSCRIPTIONS" ON ONE SIDE OF THE HILT. LEATHER SHEATH, STAINED GREEN, RED, AND BROWN, CUT AND GLUED IN GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. ATTACHED TO SHEATH, A BROAD BRACELET OF LEATHER DECORATED IN SAME TECHNIQUE. TIP OF SHEATH COVERED WITH COPPER & BRASS. "UNUSED. PURCHASED FROM SMITH, 1973." VIRGINIA BAVENDA
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E422950-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dagger / Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Dagger
content: 61.5 cm
label: Length - Sheath
content: ca. 45 cm