Sword
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Oct 1921
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Herbert Ward
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Sarita S. Ward
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Decapitation swords. Blade ornamented on one side only. Cutting edge on concave side. Handles of wood, one wrapped with brass, one with iron strips. A small loop is allowed to project just above the handle at base of pommel. Similar specimen illustrated in Leiden Museum "Album of the Ethnography of the Congo Basin" Pl. 109, fig. 3, is identified as "Lomani" (Lomami? - if so, possibly Kusu). Cleaned and restored, see Restoration Record." 11/3/66 - ACCOUNTED FOR + CLEANED"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sanga
label: Culture
content: Kusu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 067312
label: USNM Number
content: E322688-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword