Machete And Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Jul 1998
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Endowment for the Arts
notes: label: Notes
content: (1 OF 2) MACHETE: HAFTED METAL SINGLE-EDGED CURVED BLADE. BLADE DARKENED METAL , HERE SHARPENED LIGHTER COLOR. HANDLE FORMED FROM 2 PIECES OF DARK WOOD ATTACHED TO EITHER SIDE OF THE BLADE. HANDLE DECORATED W/ 3 INLAID CIRCLES OF COPPER. THE WORD "GUAM" IS INCISED ON ONE SIDE OF THE BLADE, THE INITIALS "JFL" ON THE OTHER SIDE. (2 OF 2) SHEATH: COMPOSED OF SEVERAL PIECES OF TANNED LEATHER, ATTACHED BY CORD TO LEATHER LOOP. UPPER PORTION DECORATED W/ CIRCULAR STAMPS AND TAN FIBER STITCHING ALONG BORDERS. CENTRAL SEAM DOWN BACK OF SHEATH. "MAT 3-22-95" STAMPED INTO BACK OF SHEATH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Guam (Guåhan), United States, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chamoru (CHamoru, Chamorro)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420704
label: USNM Number
content: E428717-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Machete
physicalDescription: label: Length - Machete
content: 47 cm
label: Width - Machete
content: 9.5 cm
label: Height - Machete
content: 2.5 cm
label: Length - Heath
content: 47 cm
label: Width - Heath
content: 10 cm
label: Height - Heath
content: 1.5 cm