Sword & Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Sep 1973
name: label: Donor Name
content: New Delhi Charity Godown Society
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "A. Sword - Single-edged, straight paralleled sided steel blade, narrow grooved, inserted in handle mostly covered with braided silver wire except top which is double net of silver, and gold (?). (L. 66.5 cm. W. 5.0 cm.) B. Sheath - wood core covered with "Benares" red brocade. This partially covered with double layer, finely engraved silver and gold scrollwork. Large coral at lower end. Very fine example of Derge work. Only worn by nobility. (L. 59.0 cm. W. 5.0 cm.)" Per Timothy Dennee, 8-15-2008, sheath at least appears to be Bhutanese made. Per Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Description above is accurate.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Jul 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 307644
label: USNM Number
content: E415612-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword / Sheath