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 BY AMM AS JAPANESE CHANGED (BY G. PHEBUS) TO CHINESE. (1/2) SWORD (L. 79CM, W. 8CM) STRAIGHT SINGLE-EDGED IRON BLADE, MUCH RUSTED, W/ COPPER PLUGS ALONG LENGTH. FAINT ETCHED CHINESE CHARACTERS TOWARDS HILT. BRASS CROSSBAR & POMMEL, ETCHED W/ DESIGNS. SCULPTURED CROSSBAR, ENDS CURVED BACK TO POMMEL. GRIP COVERED W/ POLISHED WHITE SHARKSKIN (?) W/ PIERCED HOLE.(2/2) SHEATH (L. 66CM, W. 4CM) WOODEN, COVERED OVERALL W/POLISHED WHITE SHARK-SKIN. TWO ETCHED BRASS FITTINGS, ONE AT END, ONE AT CENTER. TOP FITTING IS MISSING.
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: E424631-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 79 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 8 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 66 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 4 cm