Sword and Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Dec 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Col. J. A. Mendelson
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Defense
notes: label: Notes
content: SHEATHED SWORD, ORIGINALLY RECORDED AS FROM A PRUSSIAN OFFICER, LATER CHANGED (BY AMM) TO CHINESE "POSSIBLY EUROPEAN MADE WEAPON FOR CHINESE OFFICER" - G. PHEBUS. (1/2) SWORD (L. 95CM., W. 10CM) LONG, SLENDER, SINGLE-EDGED SLIGHTLY UPCURVED GROOVED BLADE, HIGHLY POLISHED WITH LOWER HALF (TOWARDS HILT) ETCHED W/ FLORAL AND DRAGON DESIGNS). GILDED HILT, BAR GUARD W/ LIONS HEAD AT ONE END, OTHER END ATTACHING TO FLARED FINGER GUARD. GRAINED SHARKSKIN (?) GRIP W/ SIDE METAL BAR, LION'S HEAD POMMEL. GOOD CONDITION. (2/2) SHEATH (L. 83CM, W. 3.5CM) NARROW, PLAIN IRON (?) SHEATH, FLARED END, TWO ATTACHED SIDE RINGS. SILVER PLATED (?), MUCH WORN AWAY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364983
label: USNM Number
content: E424630-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 95 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 10 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 83 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 3.5 cm