Part of Clothing Set: Sword and Scabbard
name: label: Donor Name
content: Gen. H H. Arnold
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Sword and scabbard. Blade inscribed. Forged by a native smith. Ivory hilt decorated with gold overlay. Scabbard embellished with overlay of gold and silver and suspended from a red and gray silk cord."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Fine 19th C. Saudi Arabian Saif sword. This example is of typical but excellent construction with minimum 18kt gold fittings overlaid onto silver. The blade is a 19th C. Persian trade blade with a chiseled inscription at the forte (part of blade closest to handle),
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Saudi Arabia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arabian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 168988
label: USNM Number
content: E383639-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath