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: SHEATHED SWORD. "PROBABLY FROM HOKKAIDO (N. JAPAN) OR MODIFIED BY CHINESE" - G. PHEBUS. (1/2) SWORD. (L. 96CM, W. 9CM) VERY RUSTED GROOVED SINGLE EDGED BLADE, ENGRAVED CIRCULAR COPPER TSUBA GUARD, LONG SHARKSKIN (?) COVERED HANDLE, NO WRAPPINGS OR MOUNTS. PLAIN COPPER POMMELS (FUCHI & KASHIRA). (2/2) SHEATH (L. 76CM, W. 4CM) PLAIN DARK LACQUERED WOOD, PLAIN COPPER MOUNTS, TWO SIDE RINGS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Hokkaido (not certain), Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364983
label: USNM Number
content: E424639-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 96 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 9 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 76 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 4 cm