Sword & Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Jul 1976
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Leo S. Figiel
notes: label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Late 19th C. Indian horsehead saber or shamshir. This hilt is of silver or silver overlay, now tarnished. The blade is a very uncommon design composed of what can be called a rose pattern with ladders, in that there are circular sworls of damascus patterned steel separated by lines pararell to the length of the blade. This pattern is know in watered steel, wootz, blade but is very rarely encountered in a damascus. layered steel, blade.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: North, India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 322907
label: USNM Number
content: E418228-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword / Sheath / Bag