Spear And Scabbard
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Maha Mongkut
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NARROW LANCEOLATE SHAPED STEEL POINT, WHICH DIFFERS FROM 96 AND 98 ONLY IN THAT THAT BACK END HAS SHARP RATHER THAN ROUNDED CORNERS. INSERTED THROUGH A 14 CM. L. GILDED SILVER FERRULE, INTO A BROWN WOODEN SHAFT. FERRULE IS COVERED ALL OVER THE EXTERIOR WITH A SOLID PATTERN OF DEEPLY INCISED LEAF-LIKE DESIGNS IN CONTIGUOUS DIAGONAL ROWS. SHAFT TAPERS TO ABOUT HALF THE DIAMETER AT THE TAIL END ON WHICH IS A BLUNT GILDED SILVER CAP COVERED WITH INCISED OVAL LEAF DESIGNS. SCABBARD IS WOOD THE SHAPE OF THE POINT, OUTER END WITH A BLUNT GILDED SILVER CAP, AND THE INNER END COVERED WITH GILDED SHEET SILVER. EACH OF WHICH IS INCISED WITH LEAF DESIGNS." SAME AS CAT. NO. 99(3990).
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 86-87
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 266032
label: USNM Number
content: E97-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear/Sheath