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, RECORDED AS CHINESE BY AMM. "POSSIBLY 20TH CENTURY EUROPEAN MADE WEAPON FOR CHINESE OFFICER" - G. PHEBUS. (1/2) SWORD (L. 94CM, W. 13CM) GROOVED NARROW, SINGLE-EDGED (UNSHARPENED) STEEL BLADE, HIGHLY POLISHED W/ ETCHED DESIGNS ALONG LOWER HALF. ELABORATE METAL HILT, GILT REPOUSSE PLATE GUARD, SWEEPING BACK TO MEET LIONS HEAD POMMEL. WIRE-WRAPPED IVORY GRIP. SHREDDED GOLD WIRE-WRAPPED BRAIDED CORDS. GOOD CONDITION. (2/2) SHEATH (L. 85CM, W. 3CM) PLAIN SILVER PLATED IRON SHEATH, MUCH WORN AWAY. THREE GILDED BRASS MOUNTS, TWO SIDE RINGS.
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: E424634-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 94 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 13 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 85 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 3 cm