Sword & Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Feb 1967
name: label: Collector
content: William Morden
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. William Morden
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Almost identical with Cat. No. 406,870 with which it probably originally formed a set. A. Sword: single edged slightly back curved steel blade, mounted through gold inlaid iron guard, in a white rayskin covered wood handle whose black wrappings enclose two small dragon figures in gold. B. Sheath, L. 73.4 cm.; plain black lacquered wood with black silk strap through side slot. 2/2/70 Short katana, unsigned. Shinto period. Forms a daisho [set] with # 406870. Japanese Samurai Temporary Exhibit April - July, 1971."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 271310
label: USNM Number
content: E406871-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword / Sheath