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: SHORT SWORD, SAID BY COLLECTOR TO BE "SHORT JAPANESE DAGGER WORN BY SECURITY POLICE." ATTRIBUTION OF 20TH C. CHINESE BY G. PHEBUS. (1/2) SWORD (L. 36CM, W. 5.5CM) SHORT, STRAIGHT, HIGHLY-POLISHED, GROOVED, DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE. NARROW OVAL PLATE BRASS GUARD W/ SIDE KNOBS. RIDGED IVORY GRIP, WIRE-WRAPPED, MADE TO RESSEMBLE TORTOISE SHELL BY APPLICATION OF DARK PAINT. ENGRAVED COPPER POMMEL DRAGON DESIGNS. GOOD CONDITION. (2/2) SHEATH (L. 28CM., W. 3CM) PLAIN SILVER-PLATED IRON CASE, ROUNDED EDGES. TOP & BOTTOM BRASS FITTINGS, ETCHED W/ DRAGON DESIGNS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364983
label: USNM Number
content: E424637-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 36 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 5.5 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 28 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 3 cm