Short Sword & Scabbard
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Apr 1977
name: label: Donor Name
content: William W. Sherman
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "A) Sword: Straight two-edged steel bade, tapering slightly toward the blunt point. The steel appears to be partially copper coated, and has a deeply wavy incision it whole length, this being inlaid at intervals with copper disks, and near back end a possible signature. Pommel, ferrule and top end of black wood handle are of cast brass, with simulated dragon heads. B) Sheath: Thin wood covered with thin, finely pebbled greenish sharkskin. Ends and cord holders of cast brass. Skin is somewhat damaged."
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 326853
label: USNM Number
content: E417832-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword / Sheath