Sword And Sheath
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
label: Collector
content: Dr. Cynthia Beall
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
notes: label: Notes
content: COLLECTOR'S TAG SAYS "MEN'S SWORD WORN IN FRONT. STYLE USED BY PHALA NOMADS. MADE BY VILLAGERS (GABSOG)" HANDMADE SWORD WITH STEEL (?) BLADE AND PRIMARILY BRASS HANDLE. HANDLE ALSO HAS WIRE (STEEL?) WRAPPED AROUND GRIP AREA, AND A BLUE-GREEN INLAID BEAD. SHEATH IS PRIMARILY BRASS, WITH BRONZE (?) CAP ON END. LOOSE PIECES OF WOOD INSIDE (THESE LOOK LIKE THEY HAD BEEN ADHERED TO THE INSIDE OF THE SHEATH TO MAKE THE SWORD FIT SNUGLY). CONFIRMED VIA EMAIL WITH MELVYN GOLDSTEIN (JUNE 5, 2002) THAT GABSOG IS THE OBJECT NAME IN THE LOCAL NOMADIC DIALECT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Chang Tang (Changthang) Region, Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan, Phala
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430477-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword / Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Sword
content: 48.5 cm
label: Width - Sword
content: 6 cm
label: Length - Sheath
content: 36.3 cm
label: Width - Sheath
content: 4 cm