Sword and Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Dec 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Col. J. A. Mendelson
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Defense
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG SHEATHED SWORD PURPORTED BY DONOR TO DATE FROM CRUSADES (NOTED AS CONFIRMED IN MED. MUSEUM DOCUMENTATION). (1/2) SWORD (L. 104.5CM, W. 15CM) LONG, STRAIGHT DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE, ENTIRE LENGTH INLAID W/ (SILVER?) ARABIC SCRIPT. BRASS CROSS GUARD W/ FLANGED END AND CENTRAL DOWNWARD PROJECTION. CYLINDRICAL HILT W/ CIRCULAR POMMEL BOTH WRAPPED W/ LEATHER (LEATHER HAS COME LOOSE). DOCUMENTATION INDICATES SCRIPT READS "AL-FATEH", TRANSLATES AS "I AM THE OPENER," OR "I AM THE CONQUERER." (2/2) SHEATH (L. 94CM.,W. 5.75CM) TWO THIN SLATS OF WOOD, COVERED W/ TANNED LEATHER HAND-STITCHED. REINFORCING LEATHER BANDS NEAR TOP AND AT POINT. LEATHER SCARRED, SOME ROT. TOP EDGE TORN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Nov 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364983
label: USNM Number
content: E424608-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 104.5 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 15 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 94 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 5.75 cm